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Experts say climate change is driving up the risk of wildfires in Canada | CTV News vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca

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British Columbia declared a state of emergency in both 2017 and 2018, when they had two record setting years for fires. In 2017, 1.22 million hectares burned in B.C. and in 2018, 1.35 million hectares burned

B.C. wildfires stoked by climate change, likely to become worse: study - The Globe and Mail www.theglobeandmail.com

Plan2Adapt services.pacificclimate.org

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It doesn't get that much warmer to be nice, but the few degrees of change will wreak havoc. The reason you feel gloomy in the PNW in winter is not from low temperature anyway. It is from not being able to see the sun for months on end (so overcast) and due to short days.

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-11% to
+13%

Impacts of Climate Change - Province of British Columbia www2.gov.bc.ca

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More intense and more frequent heavy-rain events

Stronger storm surges