'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres

Re:'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres by 0xff00ffee on Friday January 10, 2020 @02:14PM (#22014214)

I've seen this link pop up as a meme on conservative reddit forums for the past month, but with additional text using it to dismiss climate change.

Keep in mind, Australia is huge and has different climates.

While this isn't the biggest fire of all Australia, it is the biggest fire of that region in history by ~10x (according to that wikipedia link).

This is highly unusual.

And as a result of being in populated areas, it has done the most dollars of damage of any fire. This is what climate change advocates are pointing to: increased fires in areas that normally do not have them.

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Re:'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres by just2043 on Friday January 10, 2020 @03:03PM (#22014803)

Also look at the history for that page. There are frequent updates/changes and later reversions to some of these numbers. Take the measurements with a grain of salt as people edit to prove a narrative.

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Re:'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres by dobleboble on Friday January 10, 2020 @04:24PM (#22015699)

An account with no posting history and you're pushing an anti-climate change narrative?

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Re:'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres by aaron_m04 on Friday January 10, 2020 @03:08PM (#22014873)

Wouldn't the same thing happen if new information comes in about a changing situation?

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