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Posts Mislead About Record-Setting Canadian Wildfires Fueled by Climate Change

Posts Mislead About Record-Setting Canadian Wildfires Fueled by Climate Change

The record-setting Canadian wildfires in 2023 were caused mainly by lightning igniting forests that were unusually hot and dry, in part due to climate change. But the recent conviction of a Quebec man led to false claims on social media that the majority of the fires were the result of arson.