The drought in the Northeast this fall, which drove record wildfires, seems to be caused by a persistent high pressure center, not human-driven climate change.
Richard Seager emphasizes that while climate change influences conditions like drying of vegetation, there is no evidence that such dry falls are becoming more common.
The article implies that increasing extreme events due to climate change are responsible for the drought, yet the observed data suggests otherwise.
Climate models indicate that the Northeast should actually be experiencing more precipitation as a result of rising greenhouse gases, contrasting with the current drought.
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