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To: Winfastorlose who wrote (1262279)	9/16/2020 3:09:51 PM
From: isopatch	2 Recommendations Recommended By IC720 Winfastorlose Respond to of 1580179

Clown Forest Mgt. on U.S. Left Coast in the spotlight compared to.... <..... Decreasing Trend In Global Wildfires WRITTEN BY GWPF ON SEP 16, 2020. While wildfires in the Western U.S. continue to rage, satellite observations over the last 20 years have revealed a decreasing trend in global wildfires. What’s going on? As strong winds and hot air continue to propel wildfires across the Western U.S. states of California, Oregon, and Washington state, politicians, activists, and researchers quarrel violently about the main causes of these disasters and how to reduce the risk of wildfires in the future. There can be little doubt that drought conditions and high temperatures are exacerbating these wildfires. However, over recent decades human activities such as land management and agriculture, increasing population density and active fire suppression have succeeded in significantly reducing the global areas burned by wildfires, despite the rise in global temperatures. Source: Nasa Earth Observatory To understand why some arid and semi-arid regions of the world have managed to reduce wildfires in the face of rising temperatures, such as Mediterranean Europe, while other regions haven’t succeeded to do so, will be crucial to risk reduction policies. Below we have selected recent research papers, based on satellite observations, which reveal the decreasing trend in global wildfires and the most likely reasons for these encouraging developments. Global Trends In Wildfire And Its Impacts: Perceptions Versus Realities In A Changing WorldAbstract: Wildfire has been an important process affecting the Earth’s surface and atmosphere for over 350 million years and human societies have coexisted with fire since their emergence. Yet many consider wildfire as an accelerating problem, with widely held perceptions both in the media and scientific papers of increasing fire occurrence, severity, and resulting losses. However, important exceptions aside, the quantitative evidence available does not support these perceived overall trends. Instead, global area burned appears to have overall declined over past decades, and there is increasing evidence that there is less fire in the global landscape today than centuries ago. Regarding fire severity, limited data are available. For the western USA, they indicate little change overall, and also that area burned at high severity has overall declined compared to pre-European settlement. Direct fatalities from fire and economic losses also show no clear trends over the past three decades. Trends in indirect impacts, such as health problems from smoke or disruption to social functioning, remain insufficiently quantified to be examined. Global predictions for increased fire under a warming climate highlight the already urgent need for a more sustainable coexistence with fire. The data evaluation presented here aims to contribute to this by reducing misconceptions and facilitating a more informed understanding of the realities of global fire. Full paper A Human-Driven Decline In Global Burned AreaAbstract: Fire is an essential Earth System process that alters ecosystem and atmospheric composition. Here we assessed long-term fire trends using multiple satellite datasets. We found that global burned area declined by 24.3 ± 8.8% over the past 18 years. The estimated decrease in burned area remained robust after adjusting for precipitation variability and was largest in savannas. Agricultural expansion and intensification were primary drivers of declining fire activity. Fewer and smaller fires reduced aerosol concentrations, modified vegetation structure, and increased the magnitude of the terrestrial carbon sink. Fire models were unable to reproduce the pattern and magnitude of observed declines, suggesting they may overestimate fire emissions in future projections. Using economic and demographic variables, we developed a conceptual model for predicting fire in human-dominated landscapes.> climatechangedispatch.com

To: Winfastorlose who wrote (1262279)	9/16/2020 4:59:58 PM
From: locogringo	3 Recommendations Recommended By FJB Mick Mørmøny Winfastorlose Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580179

He keeps coming back like an unwanted wart or STD. I think he enjoys being kicked around by superior intelligence and it helps him rationalize why he has no hope to succeed against such a stacked deck. Humiliating him with facts is not fun any longer...it's like beating up on a bedpost.

To: Winfastorlose who wrote (1262279)	9/17/2020 7:24:15 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580179

Dude U are the guy that thought Mr. Trump said Covid was a hoax.. you posted that on the da_cheif's thread.. You posted Mr. Trump was right LOL HE NEVER SAID THAT... but you DUMBASS Bought it.. U bought Lib BS Memes LOL NO comment after realising that Mr,. TRUMP NEVER SAID THAT.. Mr./ Trump *NEVER SAID COVID WAS A HOAX*.. he said the DEMS were manipulating it.. and now after Woodward interviews we KNOW Mr. Trump had a good handle on the severity .. I leave it to you to decide how he handled it.. really Hate to say but you are not in the same league as most other Con posters here.. just sit and listen..