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The race to decipher how climate change influenced Australia’s record fires

The Dunns Road Fire crowns the tops of a trees close near Maragle, Australia

The Dunn’s Road fire burns pine trees near Maragle, New South Wales, on 10 January. Credit: Matthew Abbott/New York Times/Redux/eyevine

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Nature 577, 610-612 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00173-7

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