New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- Summary A new study reveals that California's wildfire season is starting weeks earlier due to climate change.

The northern mountains experiencing a shift of over 10 weeks since the 1990s.

Researchers found that human-caused climate warming is advancing the season by up to 46 days, increasing the risk of longer and more destructive fire seasons across the state.

Fire season is expanding in California, with an earlier start to wildfire activity in most of the state. In parts of the northern mountains, the season is now starting more than 10 weeks earlier than it did in the 1990s, a new study shows.

Atmospheric scientists Gavin Madakumbura and Alex Hall, two authors of the study, explain how climate warming has been...