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It is climate change rapidly drying out areas that previously were not as dry. So you have decades of excess carbon in timber that the land can no longer sustai
by throwaway5752 4y ago
It is climate change rapidly drying out areas that previously were not as dry. So you have decades of excess carbon in timber that the land can no longer sustain. You don't have to get into scenarios involving wolves, Castilla, and arson.
Same as the birds, it so simple: the stochastic cause of the fire is irrelevant. It could be a spark from a line, a electrocuted small animal, a squatting vagrant making dinner, or even lupine hating Spaniards... but that happened before all the time, and it didn't result in the most massive and intense wildfires in human history.
- pvaldes 4y agoThere is not such thing as an excess carbon in tinder. The normal way is that this tinder will became soil, soaked in water. The more older the forests, the more humid the place, unless we reset it removing the water and the soil, by frequent deliberate burning.
- jefftk 4y agoThis depends a lot on where in the world you are. Many places are just very dry, and before humans used to burn regularly.
- mistrial9 4y agoThe subject of the cause of wildfires is being studied intensely by specialists, and by partisans, and by horrified and urgent public individuals, at this time. California has the ability to collect data and study in ways that can be applied to other fire-prone landscapes where there are fewer resources. Current research shows that the large majority of wildfires in California are caused by humans at this time. A parent comment here ("stochastic") is basically accurate. (references on request) Dry lightening is also a leading cause of wildfire in the dry season, and was the cause of many, many simultaneous fires recently in California.