Celsius through Sunday afternoon. Climate scientists have long suspected a direct link between the Earths rapidly warming climate and increasing bouts of extreme weather, and recent research has provided significantly more hard evidence. But while demonstrating a link between storms like Hurricane Harvey and human induced global climate change has been difficult, the link between rising temperatures and wildfires is much simpler. According to Scientific American, Western wildfires have risen some 5. Climate change has exacerbated naturally occurring droughts, and therefore fuel conditions, NASAs Goddard Institute for Space Studies researcher Robert Field told the magazine. Higher temperatures exacerbate the drought by increasing evaporation and transpiration, University of California Merced professor Le. Roy Westerling added. Drier conditions mean highly flammable wildfire fuels. Drier conditions and high temperatures drive more extreme fire behavior. Reuters, CNN. Sony Corporation, Son Kabushiki Kaisha, s o n i often referred to simply as Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate. News Breaking stories updates. Weve noticed youre adblocking. M3Tceic1DQ/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Download Free Mp3 Usher Ft Wales' title='Download Free Mp3 Usher Ft Wales' />We rely on advertising to help fund our award winning journalism. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. Thank you for your support.