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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Certainly, continuous droughts dry out a forest, setting it up for am idiot (or lightning strike) to set it on fire. It's a bit of a nitpick but technically the higher temps don't necessarily make the forest more dry, but yeah climate change does include droughts and extreme weather events.