Re:Young People Are Anxious About Climate Change, Say Govern...
by simonsarris on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @09:03PM
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Fires specifically is an annoying one. Politicians have huge incentive to point the blame at anything except poor management.
See:
> Approximately 1.8 million ha burned annually in California prehistorically (pre 1800). Our estimate of prehistoric annual area burned in California is 88% of the total annual wildfire area in the entire US during a decade (1994–2004) characterized as ‘‘extreme’’ regarding wildfires. The idea that US wildfire area of approximately two million ha annually is extreme is certainly a 20th or 21st century perspective. Skies were likely smoky much of the summer and fall in California during the prehistoric period.
from: Prehistoric fire area and emissions from California’s forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands (2007)
> Many consider wildfire as an accelerating problem [...] however, important exceptions aside, the quantitative evidence available does not support these perceived overall trends.
See:
> Approximately 1.8 million ha burned annually in California prehistorically (pre 1800). Our estimate of prehistoric annual area burned in California is 88% of the total annual wildfire area in the entire US during a decade (1994–2004) characterized as ‘‘extreme’’ regarding wildfires. The idea that US wildfire area of approximately two million ha annually is extreme is certainly a 20th or 21st century perspective. Skies were likely smoky much of the summer and fall in California during the prehistoric period.
from: Prehistoric fire area and emissions from California’s forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands (2007)
https://www.sierraforestlegacy.org/Resources/Conservation/Fi...
And:
> Many consider wildfire as an accelerating problem [...] however, important exceptions aside, the quantitative evidence available does not support these perceived overall trends.
from: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.201...