Hell on earth

[chuckChuck]

Wildfire facts


Approximately 8,000 wildfires occur each year in Canada.
The average area burned in Canada is 2.5 million ha/year.
Fires caused by lightning represent 45% of all fires, but because they occur in remote locations and often in clusters, they represent 81% of total area burned.
Human-caused fires represent 55% of all fires. They occur in more populated areas and are usually reported and extinguished quickly.

[chuckChuck]

https://climateatlas.ca/forest-fires-and-climate-change

When he considers what’s in store for Canada, Flannigan says simply that “There is a lot more fire in the future, and we better get used to it.” More and more Canadians are living, working, and playing in Canada’s forests. That means more people are likely to be affected by larger and larger fires – even catastrophic ones. “Was Fort McMurray a one-off?” Flannigan muses: “Heavens, no.”

To figure out what climate change means for forest fires in Canada, Flannigan and a team of researchers at the Canadian Forest Service analyzed the findings of almost 50 international studies on climate change and fire risk. [4] They found that our future looks “smoky” because climate change will worsen the three major factors that influence wildfire: having dry fuel to burn, frequent lightning strikes that start fires, and dry, windy weather that fans the flames.

Another recent study [5] by Flannigan and several other scientists predicts that western Canada will see a 50% increase in the number of dry, windy days that let fires start and spread, whereas eastern Canada will see an even more dramatic 200% to 300% increase in this kind of “fire weather.” Other studies predict that fires could burn twice as much average area per year in Canada by the end of the century as has burned in the recent past. [6]

Flannigan, M. D., Krawchuk, M. A., De Groot, W. J., Wotton, B. M., & Gowman, L. M. (2009). “Implications of changing climate for global wildland fire.” International Journal of Wildland Fire. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF08187
Wang, X., Parisien, M.-A., Taylor, S. W., Candau, J.-N., Stralberg, D., Marshall, G. A., … Flannigan, M. D. (2017). “Projected changes in daily fire spread across Canada over the next century.” Environmental Research Letters, 12(2), 025005.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa5835
Mike Flannigan. “Fire and Climate Change”
CBC. “2018 now worst fire season on record as B.C. extends state of emergency”
Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen"From Floods to Fire: Be Fire Smart!"
Natural Resources Canada “Forests: Climate Change Impacts”

[sawfly1]

You have to let stuff burn , once in a while ,
And nature used to take care of that.
My cousin, a park ranger , said old plates
Early 1900s ,showed wide open meadows in the Banff valley.
Not now , another fort McMurray ready to happen.
Some day the conditions , will be ripe ,for disaster.
Global warming or not.

[fjlip]

"Other studies predict that fires could burn twice as much average area per year in Canada by the end of the century as has burned in the recent past."

Woo hoo key is PREDICT, well another GUESS like warming twice as fast EVERYWHERE on earth at the same time? And a 100 years out they know PRECISELY what will happen, next week rarely get it right! Get real!

In 2019 BC hardly burned at all, because it was WET and COLD. Duh? Oh just weather, an anomaly...

[furrowtickler]

https://climateatlas.ca/forest-fires-and-climate-change

When he considers what’s in store for Canada, Flannigan says simply that “There is a lot more fire in the future, and we better get used to it.” More and more Canadians are living, working, and playing in Canada’s forests. That means more people are likely to be affected by larger and larger fires – even catastrophic ones. “Was Fort McMurray a one-off?” Flannigan muses: “Heavens, no.”

To figure out what climate change means for forest fires in Canada, Flannigan and a team of researchers at the Canadian Forest Service analyzed the findings of almost 50 international studies on climate change and fire risk. [4] They found that our future looks “smoky” because climate change will worsen the three major factors that influence wildfire: having dry fuel to burn, frequent lightning strikes that start fires, and dry, windy weather that fans the flames.

Another recent study [5] by Flannigan and several other scientists predicts that western Canada will see a 50% increase in the number of dry, windy days that let fires start and spread, whereas eastern Canada will see an even more dramatic 200% to 300% increase in this kind of “fire weather.” Other studies predict that fires could burn twice as much average area per year in Canada by the end of the century as has burned in the recent past. [6]

Flannigan, M. D., Krawchuk, M. A., De Groot, W. J., Wotton, B. M., & Gowman, L. M. (2009). “Implications of changing climate for global wildland fire.” International Journal of Wildland Fire. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF08187
Wang, X., Parisien, M.-A., Taylor, S. W., Candau, J.-N., Stralberg, D., Marshall, G. A., … Flannigan, M. D. (2017). “Projected changes in daily fire spread across Canada over the next century.” Environmental Research Letters, 12(2), 025005.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa5835
Mike Flannigan. “Fire and Climate Change”
CBC. “2018 now worst fire season on record as B.C. extends state of emergency”
Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen"From Floods to Fire: Be Fire Smart!"
Natural Resources Canada “Forests: Climate Change Impacts”

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTiL1q9YbrVam5nP2xzFTWQ

[AlbertaFarmer5]

What kind of an insensitive arrogant jerk has to turn every catastrophe into an opportunity to further their globalist global warming agenda. The bodies aren't even cold yet, and the slime balls have already moved in for personal gain. Have some respect.

[chuckChuck]

Showing respect is not denying the science of climate change that has an affect on the future of forests and the people who live in them and near them.

[Guest]

Showing respect is not denying the science of climate change that has an affect on the future of forests and the people who live in them and near them.

Give it a break FFS
Getting old and sickening

[A990]

Showing respect is not denying the science of climate change that has an affect on the future of forests and the people who live in them and near them.

...yes we must exalt "the science of climate change",holy explanation of all mankinds misery

[sumdumguy]

Chuck, I love carbon, the generator of all things green and good. 👍