The #BC #fires add to continuing trend of global forest loss and carbon release; +feedback loop on warming planet.

"The unprecedented burn is a symptom of rising temps in a region that's warmed twice as fast as the rest of the world. And because those forests contain some of the largest forest stores of carbon on the planet, sending them up in smoke will only increase the impacts of climate change."

http://www.climatecentral.org/news/british-columbia-second-worst-wildfire-season-climate-21684