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Western wildfires and climate change

The Union of Concerned Scientists have produced this infographic about how climate change could affect wildfires in the western United States.Western Wildfires infographic

In addition to the total number of fires or the number of large fires, one of the more telling statistics is the average size of fires.

Average size of wildfires, by decade, Lower 49, 1990-2012

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