Climate change could triple the frequency of large wildfires says new federal report her

(McClatchy DC) WASHINGTON - Residents of the western United States should prepare for a potential tripling of large wildfires in the coming decades a new federal report on climate change revealed Friday. And it warned the region should also expect additional water shortages heat wave deaths and smoke pollution. According to the Fourth National Climate Assessment California and the West have already witnessed an expansion of catastrophic blazes due to climate change and rising warming with twice as much acreage burned by wildfire than would have occurred otherwise. Read More