BY BRANDON LOOMIS
A warming climate is triggering larger wildfires throughout Arizona and the West and will extend the Southwest's fire season by more than a month by 2050, according to a climate education group's research.
Already the typical burning season has grown by 100 days across the West since the 1970s, according to Climate Central's study.
The number of forest fires exceeding 1,000 acres has roughly tripled.
Arizona's spring and summer temperatures have increased an average of 2.4 degrees since the 1950s, second most among Western states.