The Role Of Climate Change In Canada

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Climate change has had a big impact in Canada. As global warming increases in the world, wildfires are becoming much more frequent and common. One difference that separates the wildfires of 2015 from any other fire season is that they are much more uncontrollable. The cause? Every 4 out of 5 fires are sparked by humans making them the blame to most of the damage devastating farmers and folks of the prairie provinces. Even though humans are at cause, nature is more than happy to help too. While drought conditions, lightning and tinder dry trees fuel the ever growing blazes, citizens that are affected can only stand by and watch to see what happens next.

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