Mike D Flannigan
researcher
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In Canada, when things are extreme, you have about a 30-minute window to put that fire out,
- Flannigan saidThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…
Mother Nature's been burning. Now she's on amphetamines and she burns more and more,
- said Thompson Rivers University fire scientist Mike Flannigan, a Canadian expert who wasn't part of the studyThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…
It does seem like a paradox because we’re talking increases in fires, yet the global numbers have been going down and down. But they’re both true,
- said fire scientist Mike Flannigan of Thompson Rivers University in CanadaGlobal Newsglobalnews.ca/news/12003464…
It does seem like a paradox because we’re talking increases in fires, yet the global numbers have been going down and down. But they’re both true,
- said fire scientist Mike Flannigan of Thompson Rivers University in CanadaThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/science…independent.co.uk/news/europe…
As our climate warms, we're seeing... more extreme weather, and we're going to see more fire,
- said Mike Flannigan, a professor of wildland fire at Thompson Rivers University in British ColumbiaThe Korea Timeskoreatimes.co.kr/world/2026071…
The drier the fuel, the easier it is for a fire to start, means more fuel dried and is available to burn, which leads to higher intensity fires that are difficult to impossible to extinguish... That's what we're seeing now starting to make inroads into the East,
- Flannigan saidThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/east…
Earlier
Human-driven climate crisis doubled risk of Canada's extreme wildfire, study finds
The News Internationalthenews.com.pk/latest/1411446…There are currently nearly 700 fires ablaze across Canada, with a huge 3.8m hectares of the country, mainly in its sprawling boreal forests
Guardiantheguardian.com/world/2026…Rising flames: France and Spain are suffering their biggest wildfires on record
The Economisteconomist.com/interactive/euro…New data on deadly wildfires sweeping across Europe shows this year's blazes have burned more than 1 million acres so far this year—triple the recent historical average—and wildfires in the American Pacific Northwest are quickly approaching modern records
Forbes UKforbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs…Wildfires are more extreme in Europe and North America, but global burning is oddly decreasing
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/europe…Western Europe is facing its fourth heatwave since May, with June being its hottest month in recorded history
WAtodaywatoday.com.au/environment/cli…Trump threatens Canada over wildfire smoke choking US cities
Politico Europepolitico.eu/article/trump…D.C. resident Stewart Verdery awoke Friday to take in his usual sunrise view of the city’s famous landmarks from a rooftop, only to be greeted by a darkened horizon and no monuments in sight
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/weather/wildfires…Hot, dry and hurricane-scarred: How climate change fueled wildfires in Georgia and Florida
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/science/climate…That's happening as significant chunks of the country set records for the warmest winter and March and April drought
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/east…Georgia blaze shows how climate change has led to more wildfires in the East
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/east…Much of the US is battling a widespread drought after a very dry winter and start to spring
Guardiantheguardian.com/news/2026…