The severity of Quebec’s fire season up to the end of July was also made 50% more intense by climate change, according to the report.
French firefighters try to extinguish wildfires at Lac Larouche in Quebec, Canada, on June 28, 2023.
It is by far the worst wildfire season Canada has ever experienced, and there are still more than two months left to go.
They then used climate models to understand the role climate change played.
Climate change also made the peak fire weather in Quebec during the same period at least twice as likely and 20% more intense, according to the report.
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