{
  "id": 204581,
  "title": "Climate Change Made This Summer’s Canadian Wildfires Twice as Likely",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/climate-change-made-this-summers-canadian-wildfires-twice-as-likely",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T04:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Eos",
    "slug": "eos",
    "url": "https://eos.org/research-and-developments/climate-change-made-this-summers-canadian-wildfires-twice-as-likely"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Climate change made this summer's Canadian wildfires twice as likely, according to a new analysis by World Weather Attribution. Wildfires in Ontario and the Northwest Territories have burned over 3.9 million hectares, causing widespread evacuations and poor air quality for millions. The researchers analyzed the Daily Severity Rating (DSR), a measure of fire weather, and determined that the extreme conditions experienced in July were made about twice as likely by climate change. In a world without human-induced climate change, such fire weather would have been expected only once every 40 years, but in our warming world, similar events are now expected to occur every 2-6 years in Ontario and every 6-15 years in the Northwest Territories. The increasing frequency of destructive fires puts vulnerable communities at risk, particularly Indigenous communities, who are overrepresented in fire-prone areas.",
  "summary": "Wildfires in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and the Northwest Territories have burned more than 3.9 million hectares this summer, prompted widespread evacuation orders, and created poor air quality for not only Canadians, but more than 120 million people across the midwestern and northeastern United States. The fires spread exceptionally quickly, stressing the resources of local response…",
  "key_points": [],
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Study shows climate change made Canadian wildfires twice as likely",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/study-shows-climate-change-made-canadian-wildfires-twice-as-likely",
        "published": "2026-08-06T05:19:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}