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I had a reporter ask me if there was any connection between the fires in Canada and the flooding in Texas. I said: of course there is a connection. The connection is increasing temperatures.

As temperatures rise, you get more intense fires because a warmer atmosphere dries out the fuel. See www.theclimatebrink.com/p/canadas-bo... In other places, as temperatures increase, you get more intense rainfall because a warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor.

This led me to think about this plot, showing summer max temps in the 1930s and recent decade. From: www.theclimatebrink.com/p/which-was-...