Washington Off To Slowest Wildfire Season in Six Years
Numbers from the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center show large fires have burned about 6,700 acres so far, which is a tiny fraction (about 5 percent) of last year's acreage to this point.
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Scientists Claim PNW Heat Wave Worse Because of Climate Change
OXFORD, UK - A new study says the recent extreme heat wave in the Pacific Northwest would have been "virtually impossible" without climate change.
The research by 27 scientists is the first to attribute the deadly heat wave to climate change.
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