WSJ.com - Higher Temperatures Cited For Increase in Wildfires: "New research suggests that higher regional temperatures have contributed to an increase in large and costly wildfires that have hit the Western U.S. in recent years.

The study, published yesterday in the online version of the journal Science, argues that unusually high temperatures in the Western U.S. have led to earlier and longer dry seasons, making it easier for large fires to erupt."