Wildfires can start in many ways — but climate change supercharges them

Wildfires can start in many ways — but climate change supercharges them

This summer, as smoke again fills the skies over Canadian towns and cities, a familiar debate has re-emerged: What caused the fires? While public discourse often focuses on how wildfires start, the real story is how climate change is creating the conditions for them to grow bigger, faster, and more dangerous.