Wildfires in California this year have scorched 3 times more land than within the same time period during last year’s record season

A severe drought, coupled with human-induced climate change, has resulted in a fire season that has already seen more than three times as much land burned in California so far this year than during the same time span last year, officials said Monday.A severe drought, coupled with human-induced climate change, has resulted in a fire season that has already seen more than three times as much land burned in California so far this year than during the same time span last year, officials said Monday.