Bombing forest fires sounds ridiculous, but is grounded in physics

Re:Bombing forest fires sounds ridiculous, but is grounded i... by Tempest1981 on Sunday August 12, 2018 @05:49AM (#17743701)

But are the severe droughts "normal and healthy"? California has over 100 million newly-dead trees in the last few years, which is unprecedented.

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Re:Bombing forest fires sounds ridiculous, but is grounded i... by ummonk on Sunday August 12, 2018 @03:21PM (#17745960)

Severe droughts are historic to California (and therefore "normal", though perhaps not "healthy"). https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/science/californias-histo...

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Re:Bombing forest fires sounds ridiculous, but is grounded i... by douglaswlance on Sunday August 12, 2018 @07:47AM (#17743953)

Climate is never static. All weather is, "normal."

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Re:Bombing forest fires sounds ridiculous, but is grounded i... by vkou on Sunday August 12, 2018 @12:24PM (#17745055)

Unless we are about to put 300 ppm of carbon into the ground, Californian forests will either have to deal with the new normal, or die out.

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