Record high temperatures add fuel to the record wildfire season in Canada, with more heat and wildfires yet to come this year.
On June 27, Canada surpassed the record set in 1989 for total area burned in one season when it reached 7.6 million hectares, or 18.8 million acres
The combination is forcing Canadians to re-engineer their relationship with wildfires and plan for a future where more wildfires are part of the new reality.BC Wildfire Service | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images "I can't emphasize enough just how terrifying this moment is on our planet. With global temperature records breaking and fires and floods raging around the world, our house is truly on fire,"Climate change, caused by greenhouse gas emissions, is making the planet hotter and also increasing the potency of the ingredients that are necessary for wildfires to burn.
The total has since increased to 9.3 million hectares, or 23 million acres, which is about the size of South Carolina. The average is around 2.2 million hectares, or 5.4 million acres, or about the size of Massachusetts.Soon, the total amount of land burned this year will hit the equivalent of Maine, Flannigan said.
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