Once again we are seeing the frightening consequence of climate change with unprecedented fires in Canada, leading to hazardous air conditions down the eastern seaboard of the US.
The fires are fuelled by the perfect storm of high temperatures and in part by the number of trees that came down last year during a hurricane. This May, 17 times more area than average was burned by forest fires. This is what climate change does. It amplifies what would have been an severe event and turns it into an extreme record breaking event.
If you want to look at what one face of climate change looks like. This is it.
https://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/statueofliberty/?cam=liberty_hd