Comment by iongoatb

Warmer and drier areas are definitely more likely to start a fire. Climate change causes places to be warmer and drier over the long-term. However, this long-term trend, which is worrisome, does not explain the magnitude of the fires that have been haunting California the past few years.

The Governor was wrong when he said that it is mostly caused by climate change and only partially due to forest management. It's the other way around.