Climate Change Means More Alaska Fires

Scientists say wildfires like the one that burned parts of Fort McMurray and continues to burn in the boreal forest regions of Alberta, Canada are going to become more common thanks to the continuing effects of climate change. The fire in Canada has forced the evacuation of 88,000 people, and cut the nation's oil production by nearly a third due to its advance on the oil boomtown. New research from University of Montana scientists suggest climate change will make the northern...

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