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According to [1] there were more fires during the medieval warm period. "The scientists found the years from 800 to 1300, known as the Medieval Warm Period, had
by wedesoft 5y ago
According to [1] there were more fires during the medieval warm period. "The scientists found the years from 800 to 1300, known as the Medieval Warm Period, had the most frequent fires in the 3,000 years studied."
[1]: https://phys.org/news/2010-03-giant-sequoias-yield-longest-history.html https://phys.org/news/2010-03-giant-sequoias-yield-longest-h...
- Gravityloss 5y agoSo, is that good news?
- dr_dshiv 5y agoIn recent years, there were fewer fires due to fire suppression, which results in catastrophic large fires
- da_chicken 5y agoWell, and then California had drought. And, then people built in the forests, making the human costs much higher.
- ashtonkem 5y agoIt really astounds me how many people (not you, I don’t think) seem hell bent on blaming California’s wildfires on one source. It can be caused by multiple things at once.
- specialist 5y agoYup. And some of those cofactors are terrifying. Like the vapor pressure deficit. Drier air sucking moisture out of the ground. I'm struggling to imagine how we might mitigate that. "Climate relationships with increasing wildfire in the southwestern US from 1984 to 2015" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112719314744 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03781... My only notion so far is to pre plant species adapted for the anticipated conditions, ahead of the changes. Good grief.