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Science News,  Sept 16, 2006  by Paul Bade

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It seems more likely that a decline of total precipitation and humidity would be the direct cause of both temperature and fire incidence ("The Long Burn: Warming drove recent upswing in wildfires," SN: 7/8/06, p. 19). It is fashionable to blame every weather problem on greenhouse gases and global warming, but in this case doing so may lead to false conclusions.

PAUL BADE, MANKATO, MINN.

Neither the study nor our story attributed the regional warming since 1970 to global warming. The study did find that spring and summer temperatures correlated with decreases in precipitation.

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