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Well, and then California had drought. And, then people built in the forests, making the human costs much higher.
by da_chicken 5y ago
Well, 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.