A plume of smoke is seen from Ojai, California, as the Thomas Fire grows and advances toward seaside communities on December 10th, 2017, near Carpinteria, California.
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A firefighter cuts brush at the Thomas Fire on December 7th, 2017, near Fillmore, California.
According to California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment, average daily highs in the state's inland deserts could increase as much as 14 degrees this century if greenhouse gas emissions keep rising.
An aircraft drops fire retardant over a brush fire in the Angeles National Forest on October 17th, 2017.
Inmate firefighters battle the Ferguson fire in Jerseydale, California, on July 22nd, 2018.
A fox walks through a cemetery at dusk on January 10th, 2018, in Bath, England.
Pro-European Union, anti-Brexit demonstrators hold Union and E.U. flags outside the Houses of Parliament in London on December 21st, 2017.
