Study: Wildfires Are Worse Because CO2 Makes Trees Grow

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Carbon dioxide has borne the brunt of the blame for what climate zealots refer to as climate change. The compound is now being blamed for a specific aspect of climate change, but probably not in the way most people would think.

Researchers at University of California-Riverside are blaming CO₂ for worsening wildfires due its role in helping plants grow. That's right: According to the researchers, carbon dioxide's role in helping plants and trees to grow is creating more fuel for wildfires, thus making them far worse.

"In addition to enhanced fire weather, increasing atmospheric CO₂ concentrations are associated with enhanced carbon uptake and storage by the terrestrial biosphere through the CO₂ fertilization effect."

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