In a vicious cycle, wildfires are also making climate change worse, a study finds increasingly hot and dry climates, the result of global climate change, have led to a worsening of wildfires around the world, according to new research. In turn, wildfires are aggravating climate change by killing trees that could absorb carbon in the atmosphere. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, finds that fire season has gotten longer for more than quarter of the Earth?s vegetated surface from 1979 to 2013. Overall, across the globe, fire weather season increased by nearly 19%. The trend occurred on all continents where wildfires occur except Australia. ?Wildfires occur at the intersection of dry weather, available fuel and ignition sources,? the study authors write. ?Weather is the most variable and largest driver of regional burned area.? Read More?at ?www.time.com