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Why the effects of 2016 El Niño trumped climate change in the Alberta wildfires

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

In the wake of the damaging Alberta fires, there has been a lot of attention paid to what role climate change plays in wildfires. Yet 2016 is also a powerful El Niño year, which has created ideal conditions for the extraordinary fires in Alberta.

So what climate phenomena could have led to the persistent warm, dry conditions and the extreme...

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