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when winter rainfall becomes insufficient, moisture levels in plants and soil plummet, creating what some call a “tinderbox effect”, a landscape so dry that the energy needed to start a fire becomes very low and the fire can spread rapidly

Climate change does not directly cause each forest fire, but it creates conditions that make fires much more likely and far more severe

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Why Are Forest Fires Increasing in Northeast India? Climate Change and Crisis in the Seven Sisters

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