Title

Is Global Warming Causing More, Larger Wildfires?

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Science

Publication Date

8-2006

Volume

313

Issue

5789

First Page

927

Last Page

928

Abstract

Higher spring and summer temperatures and earlier snowmelt are extending the wildfire season and increasing the intensity of wildfires in the western United States.

Keywords

global warming, climate change, fire

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1130370

Rights

© 2006 American Association for the Advancement of Science

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