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Re:Glacier National Park to remove all 'glaciers will be gon... by bureaucrat on Thursday January 09, 2020 @04:27PM (#22005974)
Yeah, fire because of arson?

There were much bigger fires past due to lack of fire supplies. What's your point?

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Re:Glacier National Park to remove all 'glaciers will be gon... by breakyerself on Thursday January 09, 2020 @04:34PM (#22006076)
There is arson, but there isn't more arson today than in the past and the majority of fires were caused by lightning.
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Re:Glacier National Park to remove all 'glaciers will be gon... by opinologo on Thursday January 09, 2020 @04:42PM (#22006193)
These fires were predicted ten years ago and they were not caused by arson according to the authorities but due to extreme heat and dry conditions.
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Re:Glacier National Park to remove all 'glaciers will be gon... by SlipperySeaCow on Thursday January 09, 2020 @04:30PM (#22006017)
The fires are obviously much worse due to high temps
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Re:Glacier National Park to remove all 'glaciers will be gon... by throw_14JAS on Thursday January 09, 2020 @04:33PM (#22006057)
It's less obvious that the high temps are caused by climate change. Directionally, it makes sense -- but how much of the delta temp is variation?
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Re:Glacier National Park to remove all 'glaciers will be gon... by bureaucrat on Thursday January 09, 2020 @04:34PM (#22006077)
That could be your imagination. Australia's temperature is quite in the normal range, similar to that of 1960s.

https://weatherspark.com/h/y/149434/2020/Historical-Weather-...

https://weatherspark.com/h/y/149434/1960/Historical-Weather-...

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Re:Glacier National Park to remove all 'glaciers will be gon... by SlipperySeaCow on Thursday January 09, 2020 @04:40PM (#22006145)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/australia-n...

Hottest year on record for Australia was 2019 (just ended).

Almost 3 degrees F over average.

High temperatures dry things out and make them easier to burn

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Re:Glacier National Park to remove all 'glaciers will be gon... by jozzas on Thursday January 09, 2020 @05:02PM (#22006375)
This is very, very wrong. If you want to cherry pick, I can too - literally days ago, western Sydney recorded its hottest ever temperature (48.9C, 120F). This is a region adjacent to where a number of fires are still burning.

2019 was Australia's hottest year on record.

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