Rising Temps, Shrinking Snowpack Fuel Western Wildfires | Climate Central

Rising Temps, Shrinking Snowpack Fuel Western Wildfires | Climate Central

Wildfire trends in the West are clear: there are more large fires burning now than at any time in the past 40 years and the total area burned each year has also increased. To explore these trends, Climate Central has developed this interactive tool to illustrate how warming temperatures and changing spring snowpack influences fires each year.