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On Aug. 15, a small wildfire was detected in the hills above West Kelowna, in British Columbia. The landscape was parched and the wind was fierce, and over the next few days the modest blaze exploded into a raging conflagration. It raced down into the valley and toward Okanagan Lake. Wind blew red-hot embers across the water, sparking new fires around the city of Kelowna.
The phenomenal explosion of fires in Canada this year, which enveloped much of the most populous portion of the US in choking, toxic smoke got a lot of attention.Starting to hear the word "Pyrocene" - emergence of massive fire regimes which might be driving the larger climate system in unexpected, unpredictable ways. New York Times:…
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