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Dry fuel emerges as a key factor in exacerbating recent Canadian wildfires

Spatial patterns of burn severity days and anomalies in 2023. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.ado1006 A team of forest management experts from various agencies across Canada has found that fuel dryness has been the most influential factor in burn severity in Canadian wildfires over the past several decades. In a paper published in the journal Science, the group describes how…