Report identifies how long-term climate change affected extreme weather events in 2015
Report identifies how long-term climate change affected extreme weather events in 2015
![The 2015 Alaska fire season burned the second largest number of acres since records began in 1940. Human-induced climate change may have increased the risk of a fire season of this severity by 34-60%. (Image credit: Philip Spor) The 2015 Alaska fire season burned the second largest number of acres since records began in 1940. Human-induced climate change may have increased the risk of a fire season of this severity by 34-60%.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO-Aggie%20Creek%20Fire-Philip%20Spor-7715-1000x500-Landscape.jpg?itok=5LiVPiLy)
The 2015 Alaska fire season burned the second largest number of acres since records began in 1940. Human-induced climate change may have increased the risk of a fire season of this severity by 34-60%. (Image credit: Philip Spor)