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Le changement climatique a créé un environnement sec et propice à la propagation des incendies[1].
[1] AR6 WG2 2.4.4.2 : observed changes in Wildfire p255 (p243) // AR6 WG2 FAQ 2.3 p24

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Causes

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Hittegolven

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Consequences

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630 people died in Californian wildfires in autumn 2018.


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Other possible consequences

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Smoke from wildfires has been shown to carry toxic particles.


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This is a more minor link, except for specific biodiversity-rich areas.


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Generally forests burn better than wheat fields.


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Deforestation is partly done by burning the forest, which can then degenerate into uncontrolled fire. This is what happened in the summer of 2019 in the Amazon and Australia.