2020 California wildfires

The 2020 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the state of California in the United States.

As of September 9, 2020, a total of 7,606 fires have burned 2,936,955 acres (1,188,544 ha), making 2020 the largest wildfire season recorded in California history.^[1]^[2]

Climate change has increased the risk of wildfires in California.^[3]

References

↑ Holly Yan; Cheri Mossberg; Artemis Moshtaghian; Paul Vercammen (September 6, 2020). "California sets new record for land torched by wildfires as 224 people escape by air from a 'hellish' inferno". Cable News Network. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
↑ Silverman, Hollie (8 September 2020). "California wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres and prompted power outages for more than 170,000". CNN. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
↑ Mulkern, Anne C. (2020-08-24). "Fast-Moving California Wildfires Boosted by Climate Change". Scientific American. Retrieved 2020-09-09.

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[new_record-1] Holly Yan; Cheri Mossberg; Artemis Moshtaghian; Paul Vercammen (September 6, 2020). "California sets new record for land torched by wildfires as 224 people escape by air from a 'hellish' inferno". Cable News Network. Retrieved September 6, 2020.

[2] Silverman, Hollie (8 September 2020). "California wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres and prompted power outages for more than 170,000". CNN. Retrieved 2020-09-08.

[3] Mulkern, Anne C. (2020-08-24). "Fast-Moving California Wildfires Boosted by Climate Change". Scientific American. Retrieved 2020-09-09.

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