Study shows that climate change is the main driver of increasing fire weather in the western United States

Smoke dominates the sky near the massive East Troublesome wildfire near Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado on October 16, 2020. Credit: NOAA

Although wildfire is part of the natural ecosystem cycle over the western U.S., its intensity and frequency has been increasing at an alarming rate in recent decades. A new study shows that climate change is the main driver of this increase in fire weather in the western United States. And even though wetter and cooler conditions could offer brief respites, more intense and frequent wildfires and aridification in the western states will continue with rising temperatures. 

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