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Study finds climate change set the stage for devastating wildfires in Argentina and Chile
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Human-caused climate change had an important impact on the recent ferocious wildfires that engulfed parts of Chile and Argentina's Patagonia region, making the extremely high-risk conditions that led to widespread burning up to three times more likely than in a world without global warming, a team of researchers warned on Wednesday.