Claim: "The causes of the increase in burned area in the western US in recent decades – and the record-setting fires of 2020 – are complex, driven by a mix of a changing climate, a 100-year legacy of overzealous fire suppression in forests adapted for frequent low-level fires, more people living…
Fact-check: Article by The Daily Caller oversimplifies drivers of wildfires and downplays role of climate change - Science Feedback
Verdict: article by the daily caller oversimplifies drivers of wildfires and downplays role of climate change
Organisation: Science Feedback
Author: Nikki Forrester
Date published: 2020-09-28T13:51:33