Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory: Pacific Ocean Pattern Helps Explain Diverging Wildfire Trends in U.S. and Australia
July 31, 2026
July 31, 2026
NEW YORK, July 31 -- Columbia University Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news:
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Pacific Ocean Pattern Helps Explain Diverging Wildfire Trends in U.S. and Australia
Two of the world's most fire-prone regions have followed strikingly different wildfire trajectories despite both experiencing a warming climate.
Highlights
* Wildfire trends have moved in different directions in the U.S. Southwest and east . . .
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Pacific Ocean Pattern Helps Explain Diverging Wildfire Trends in U.S. and Australia
Two of the world's most fire-prone regions have followed strikingly different wildfire trajectories despite both experiencing a warming climate.
Highlights
* Wildfire trends have moved in different directions in the U.S. Southwest and east . . .