
Drilling Deep: John Vaillant on Climate Change and Wildfire
From Drilled: The Propagandist by Pushkin Industries
January 12, 2026 · 1h 1m · Season 14
About this episode
The episode discusses the increasing intensity and frequency of wildfires in relation to climate change with author John Vaillant.
Wildfires are becoming more intense, frequent, and destructive as the climate heats up. Drilled reporter Royce Kurmelovs and Canadian author John Vallaint, author of Fire Weather , discuss the climate-fire nexus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Host: Royce Kurmelovs
Guest: John Vaillant
Topics covered
- climate change
- wildfires
- environment
- climate-fire nexus
- intensity
- destruction
Keywords
- wildfires
- climate change
- Fire Weather
- Royce Kurmelovs
- John Vaillant
- climate-fire nexus
- environmental science
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Fire Weather
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