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The weather pattern typically brings wetter weather to “southern USA and the Gulf of Mexico” and drier conditions to southeast Asia, Australia and central Africa, explained BBC News. PROBLEM CHILD RETURNS: On June 8, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officially announced that El Niño (“the boy” in Spanish) conditions were here to stay. But today, our politics are so settled – and so stuck – that moments that even open our eyes in Washington do not change the laws coming from Washington.” El Niño alarm Writing in Politico, Prof David Fontana, an expert in constitutional law, wrote: “In a successful democracy, opening Washington’s eyes literally to climate change like this would open the eyes figuratively of the leaders of the federal government to the planet’s problems…The smog that covered eastern cities like Washington in the 1960s was part of what led to the enactment of the Air Quality Act of 1967 and the Clean Air Act in 1970. In the Washington Post, reporter Justine McDaniel said it was “far from clear” whether the smoke emergency would lead to US policymakers taking faster action on climate change. HOT AIR: As well as examining the link between the fires and climate change, several commentators pondered how the smoke emergency might affect the actions of policymakers in Washington DC. Carbon Brief’s climate science contributor Dr Zeke Hausfather took a closer look at studies on Canada’s wildfires and climate change on his Substack, concluding: “The scientific literature is clear that these sorts of events are likely to become more common as the world warms.” (For more details on how climate change affects wildfires, read Carbon Brief’s in-depth explainer from 2020.)

However, there is a wide body of evidence showing that climate change is making “fire weather” – hot, dry conditions – more likely to occur both globally and in Canada. As Carbon Brief noted, there has not yet been a study specifically quantifying the role of climate change in Canada’s 2023 wildfire season. The Hill added that parts of the US are “likely to see a resurgence of wildfire smoke” by Friday.ĬLIMATE LINK: As the fires burned, scientists and journalists began to interrogate the link between the fires and climate change. By 19 June, dozens of forest fires were still active in southern Quebec – with forecasts of hot and sunny weather raising the alarm once more, CBC News reported. At least 100 million Americans – nearly one-third of the total population – were under air-quality alerts at the height of the emergency, with the smoke spreading as far west as Chicago and as far south as Atlanta, according to USA Today. As Carbon Brief reported in an in-depth summary of the event, huge clouds of smoke from the blaze travelled thousands of kilometres down to the eastern US in early June, shrouding cities such as New York and Washington DC in an orange haze and causing levels of toxic air pollution to reach record levels. TOXIC FUMES: Hundreds of wildfires burned across Canada earlier this month in an “ unprecedented” start to the nation’s fire season.

Glaciers disappeared 65% faster in the 2010s than in the previous decade and could lose up to 80% of their volume by 2100. The North Atlantic is reeling under a “totally unprecedented” marine heatwave.Ĭlimate change is having an “ unprecedented and irreversible” impact on the Hindu Kush Himalaya’s cryosphere, a major new assessment found. The weather pattern is expected to take a massive toll on crops, drive up food prices and inflation. Sent to your inbox every other Wednesday.Įl Niño conditions have been confirmed by US and Australian weather agencies. A fortnightly digest of food, land and nature news and views.

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