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Texas
Austin a ‘Poster Child’ for Urban Wildfire Threat
In Texas, which straddles the wet-dry divide between East and West, drought likely exacerbated by climate change means that confronting the threat of wildfires has become a way of life... More
Summer Nights Are Heating Up Across the U.S.
Global warming often conjures scenes of sweaty, scorching summer days, but daytime temperatures aren’t the only thing expected to rise in a warming world. Nights, too, are expected to get sultrier, with overnight lows not dropping as much as they used to. More
California
Dead Trees Adding to California Firefighters’ Battle
With drought and climate change conspiring to push California’s summer wildfire season into premature overdrive, the state’s lead wildfire agency has acquired a multimillion dollar arsenal to help it cope with unprecedented numbers of dying trees... More
Wyoming
Large Wildfires Are Now More Common and Destructive
Spring and summer — two key seasons for wildfires — have warmed 2.1°F across the West, on average... More
