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Re:Visualize active fires around the world with Javascript by egberts1 on Monday September 05, 2022 @10:10AM (#32724479)
What is really interesting is why are there fires during winter months in Southern Hemisphere and why are these fires predominately more denser in colder hemisphere than the hottest part of its northern hemisphere counterpart?
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Re:Visualize active fires around the world with Javascript by sharatvir on Monday September 05, 2022 @10:22AM (#32724617)
Not an expert but it could be that those regions have more extreme wet/dry cycles, whereas the hottest parts of North America are deserts without much vegetation.
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Re:Visualize active fires around the world with Javascript by dbetteridge on Monday September 05, 2022 @11:36AM (#32725461)
Well in Australia for examples that's when fire control measures are done, during the wetter and cooler months there are controlled burns to reduce the amount of flammable material on the ground.

e.g. https://www.dfes.wa.gov.au/hazard-information/bushfire/plann...

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