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☆ Quebec, Canada wildfires made twice as likely through climate change
  + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
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.
Persons: Friederike Otto, It’s, ”, Clair Barnes, Emma UIISC7, David Dee Delgado, “, James MacDonald, Kira Hoffman, ” Hoffman, Michael Flannigan, Otto Organizations: CNN, WWA, Grantham Institute, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Canada, Bloomberg, University of British, Research, “, Predictive Services, Emergency Management, Thompson Rivers University Locations: Canada, Quebec, Illinois, Canadian, Western Europe, Bronx, New York City, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, British Columbia, Cameron, Port Alberni , British Columbia, University of British Columbia
☆ Fact Check-Viral video of satellite images is not evidence that Quebec fires were orchestrated attacks
  + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
Satellite images captured fires in Quebec spreading rapidly throughout June 2 and experts have attributed these fires to documented weather conditions. A YouTube video pulled out multiple hours of footage from a website showing satellite imagery of Quebec, from June 1 to the end of June 2 (here). Moreover, wildfire experts contacted by Reuters said that given the combination of various weather conditions, this fire activity witnessed on June 2 was not unexpected. It features a green marker at the bottom that speeds through multiple hours of satellite footage when pressing play. A video depicting satellite images of Quebec shows existing fires quickly growing on June 2 due to documented weather conditions.
Persons: ”, Gilbert Sebenste, SOPFEU, James Randerson, Chris Stockdale, Stockdale, Mathieu Bourbonnais, it’s, Read Organizations: ” Reuters, Canadian Interagency Forest Fire, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Reuters, College Of DuPage, College of DuPage, Earth, UC Irvine, Natural Resources, Canadian Forest Service, Weather, University of British Locations: Quebec, Canada, TikTok, Illinois, Natural Resources Canada, University of British Columbia
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