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"Using current NASA data, Amazonian fires show a decline over the record, and are nowhere close to a record so far in 2019." https://www.globalfiredata.org/for

"Using current NASA data, Amazonian fires show a decline over the record, and are nowhere close to a record so far in 2019." https://www.globalfiredata.org/forecast.html#elbeni https://www.globalfiredata.org/forecast.html#elbeni

bni 7y ago
The dry season just started.
- hu3 7y ago
  It started in July.
  - bni 7y ago
    And ends in November. My chart reading skills are notoriously bad, but I interpreted the linked chart as "year to date", not expected outcome.
shinigami 7y ago
So what? It's still bad. There was a lot of effort on reducing deforestation and fires in the previous governments and now it's climbing back up.
TheBobinator 7y ago
Citylab is owned by The Atlantic media Group. The Atlantic was sold in 2017 to the Emerson Collective. The Emerson collective is a philanthropic endeavour of Laurene Powell Jobs, wife of late Steve Jobs. Literally this article was published by the wife of a silicon valley tycoon. This is why I only read IPCC Studies and pay attention to them. If the world burns out because of global warming, it'll be due to Scare-articles like this one.
aeroman 7y ago
It depends which region you are looking at - Amazonas (for example), is much closer to a record. https://www.globalfiredata.org/forecast.html#amazonas https://www.globalfiredata.org/forecast.html#amazonas It is the biomass burning season, so you do expect some fires anyway - I am not clear quite how this year fits in overall.