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'Tornadoes of fire' in NWT linked to climate change
2014-07-14 18:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Climate change is responsible for more frequent and larger forest fires, such as the ones now plaguing the Northwest Territories, says an Edmonton professor. What we are seeing in the Northwest Territories this year is an indicator of what to expect with climate change, says Mike Flannigan, a professor of Wildland Fire in the University of Albertas renewable resources department. Expect more fires, larger fires, more intense fires. This weekend, the wildfires left a 13-kilometre-long scar...
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