Daniel Swain in NBC News: As wildfires rage, climate experts warn: The future we were worried about is here

Wildfires in the U.S., Australia and Siberia have driven home how climate change is already threatening to destroy ecosystems in various parts of the world. Wildfires in the U.S., Australia and Siberia have driven home how climate change is already threatening to destroy ecosystems in various parts of the world. “Wildfires aren’t new in any of these places, but the character of the fires — how quickly they become very large and destructive — is shocking, even compared to recent extremes,” Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said.