Guest Idea: The Wildfire Season You’re Not Prepared For

Smoke doesn’t check borders. You learn that fast on a fireline, watching a fire run uphill in 40-mph winds. What most people don’t usually consider is that the same conditions driving that fire may also be creating dangerous wildfire conditions hundreds or even thousands of miles away at the same time.

According to a recent study published in Science Advances, that scenario is becoming far more common. The researchers analyzed more than four decades of global climate and fire-weather data...