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The "reasonable analysis" is hilarious. E.g.: climate change is affecting wildfires, BUT fires have decreased. Says a Geography professor from Swansea. This ki
by lazyjones 6y ago
The "reasonable analysis" is hilarious. E.g.: climate change is affecting wildfires, BUT fires have decreased. Says a Geography professor from Swansea.
This kind of stuff only serves to create more doubt about climate science and, unfortunately among some people, science in general.
- wl 6y agoYour summary of his comment is misleading because you omit his explanation of how both are true. > “Fires have declined 25% around the world since 2003″. > It is correct that the total global area burned has OVERALL declined over the last decades, BUT this is incorrectly used to argue that climate change is not affecting wildfires. The overall decrease is largely due a substantial reduction in flammable vegetation in African grasslands arising from human land use changes.
- vangelis 6y agoI'd hope HN posters would understand that systems aren't that simple and read the full content of that analysis.