Seoul, April 30, 2025 (AFP) - Climate change made fire conditions twice as likely in South Korea blazes: study

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2025-04-30

Human-induced climate change made the ultra-dry and warm conditions that fanned South Korea's deadliest wildfires in history this March twice as likely and more intense, researchers said Thursday. Vast swaths of the country's southeast were burned in a series of blazes in March, which killed 31 people and destroyed historic sites, including a some thousand-year-old temple site. The affected area had been experiencing below-average rainfall for mo......

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