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Wildfires are more extreme in Europe and North America, but global burning is oddly decreasing
Climate change is intensifying fires in Europe and North America while Copernicus says global emissions from burning are half early-2000s levels.
- Australia is bracing for an earlier bushfire season as the Bureau of Meteorology declared an El Nino event in June, driving higher temperatures and lengthening fire seasons on the east coast.
- NSW Rural Fire Service commissioner Trent Curtin noted a positive Indian Ocean Dipole may develop through winter and spring, historically linked to Victoria's driest years and most significant fire seasons.
- Greg Mullins, a former commissioner of Fire and Rescue NSW, warned that climate change causes fires to behave unpredictably, with hotter weather drying soil and plants faster than before.
- Four local government areas—Glen Innes, Inverell, Tenterfield LGA, and Clarence Valley—are bringing their fire seasons forward to August 1, two months ahead of the official October 1 start date.
- Proactive mitigation, including prescribed burns and public education, is essential as climate change intensifies 'fire weather' and human populations expand into combustible landscapes, experts say.
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