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Global Wildfire Seasons Overlap, Straining Resources and Aid

2/27/2026

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The Science Advances study shows wildfire seasons are increasingly overlapping globally, hindering firefighting resource sharing.
Cong Yin of the University of California, Merced, says extreme weather is causing fire seasons to coincide more often.
The overlap limits cross-border help, as Canada and Mexico supported California and South Africa aided Spain and Portugal.
The study calls for mitigating climate change to prevent worsening wildfires.

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Story summary

The Science Advances study shows wildfire seasons are increasingly overlapping globally, hindering firefighting resource sharing.
Cong Yin of the University of California, Merced, says extreme weather is causing fire seasons to coincide more often.
The overlap limits cross-border help, as Canada and Mexico supported California and South Africa aided Spain and Portugal.
The study calls for mitigating climate change to prevent worsening wildfires.