Scientists from UCLA concluded that global warming was responsible for approximately 25% of the extreme dryness in Southern California vegetation, which fueled the fires' rapid spread.
Without climate change, the scientists believe the fires would still have occurred, but their intensity and size would have been significantly less, highlighting the critical role of human-induced effects.
Climate scientist Park Williams noted the catastrophic fire conditions resembled "three switches" being flipped on simultaneously, influenced heavily by both natural circumstances and climate change.
Williams emphasized, "The atmosphere is warmer because of climate change, then the fuels are drier than they would have been otherwise, therefore the fires are more intense and larger.
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