Canadian wildfires have burned more than 10 million hectares (24.7 million acres) this year, a record-breaking figure that has surpassed scientists’ most pessimistic predictions, revealed in government data. Wildfires raging across the country have also been affecting air quality in the US and Canada. For more on the veritable megafires raging across the country, FRANCE 24 is joined by Kristina Dahl, Principal Climate Scientist for the Climate & Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
As climate warms and world’s forests ‘dry out’, wildfires ‘burn more severely’ & for longer periods
