"a fire this year" is a really vague and imprecise way to measure things, and leads to trying to conclude weird things like whether or not a quiet fire season w

"a fire this year" is a really vague and imprecise way to measure things, and leads to trying to conclude weird things like whether or not a quiet fire season was caused by climate change. that's why scientists don't measure things that way. the more precise way to measure would be to increase the sample size by counting a precise metric like total acres burned per season, and measuring it over a longer period of time to determine whether or not forest fires are generally getting worse or not. and if they're getting worse, how much are they getting worse by, and how much of that trend can be attributed to climate change.