How climate change affects the frequency and intensity of wildfires

This year's wildfire season in Canada has been wild. So far, more than 2,600 fires have consumed about 5.9 million hectares of forest across the country, according to the Canadian Interagency Center for Wildfires. That's more than three times the area that burned during last year's entire wildfire season — and months of fires are still expected. The impacts were wide-ranging – from tens of thousands of people forced from their homes to poor air quality in several communities, affecting the health and well-being of people and wildlife. (Noushin Ziafati)

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