Looks like California picked up Canadas slack
Average area burnt per wildfire in hectares by country (2016 vs. 2026)
Submitted 5 days ago by Innerworld@lemmy.world to earthscience@mander.xyz
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TachyonTele@piefed.social 5 days ago
Gust@piefed.social 5 days ago
Talking to people from california about wildfires boils my fucking blood. The rise in wildfires in CA in recent decades is a direct result of the stupid fucking NIMBYs who live there and oppose controlled burns to manage forest deadwood. Turns out, sticking your fingers in your ears for 40 years and pretending that forests will just magically manage fire risk by themselves is a horribly stupid strategy. You dont need to take my word for it though, you could always ask the native american tribes with heritage from the California area
atro_city@fedia.io 5 days ago
Conservatives
I heard secretary Wright say that wildfires are decreasing, and have been since the early 1900s. Also that more CO2 is good for plants.