Are the Recent Northwest Wildfires a Sign of Global Warming? The Science Says No

During the last few weeks, a series of wildfires have occurred over the region. Today's satellite imagery shows where the fires were burning (orange dots), with smoke plumes quite evident. Most of these fires began in grass/range vegetation. In mid-June, there were a few grass/range fires in the Columbia Basin (see image below). There has been drumbeat in the media that the wildfires were the…