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Climate Change More Than Tripled Odds of Severe Wildfires in Canada Last Year

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Summary
Nutrition label

87% Informative

Scientists determined that climate change increased the odds of fire weather in Canada threefold and in the Amazon twentyfold.

It is “virtually certain” that fires in both regions were larger as a result of warming.

Fires in Canada were particularly severe, burning an area roughly the size of Alabama and unleashing an unprecedented volume of emissions.

VR Score

94

Informative language

95

Neutral language

66

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

56

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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