Many blamed climate change for wildfires that ravaged California. The death toll from fires skyrocketed from just one death from wildfires in 2013 to one hundred deaths in 2018. Of the twenty most destructive fires in California’s history, half have occurred since 2015.11 Today, California’s fire season stretches two to three months longer than it was fifty years ago.12 Climate change is increasing droughts and making trees vulnerable to disease and infestation. “The reason these wildfires have worsened is because of climate change,” said Leonardo DiCaprio.
