Given that the bushfire conditions, as measured by the FFDI, is relatively insensitive to temperature changes why is it that more extreme bushfire behaviour is expected under climate change?

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Warmer temperatures under climate change contribute to greater drying out of soils, which contributes to higher vegetation mortality to fuel bush fires

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Warmer temperatures under climate change contribute to higher rainfall, which causes more vegetation growth

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Warmer temperatures under climate change contribute to more thunderstorms, which trigger bush fires through lightning strikes

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