Snowpack decline kindles more severe fire in the western United States https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae4e4a Posted by silence7
silence7 on March 24, 2026 2:49 pm It’s not like there’s been a [snow drought](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/science/snow-drought-climate-change-west.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VlA.HtKo.SQ0NSm-SfNMH&smid=url-share) or anything.
Splenda on March 24, 2026 3:05 pm We dread the fire season ahead, but even more the season to follow. There’s a powerful El Nino brewing that, if it follows the 1998 and 2015 pattern, will make next year an even more dangerous fire year.
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It’s not like there’s been a [snow drought](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/science/snow-drought-climate-change-west.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VlA.HtKo.SQ0NSm-SfNMH&smid=url-share) or anything.
We dread the fire season ahead, but even more the season to follow. There’s a powerful El Nino brewing that, if it follows the 1998 and 2015 pattern, will make next year an even more dangerous fire year.