"...The BBC, for instance, has reported in what they laughingly call a Reality Check that ‘parts of Europe and North America could be experiencing the worst fire season ever,’ strongly implying that global warming is to blame.
If they had bothered to check their facts, they would have realized their little theory does not stand up to scrutiny.
...And every fire needs a spark. The Turkish study found that humans were responsible for 93 percent of all fires there. It is of course convenient for Turkey’s President Erdogan to blame climate change, as he has been accused of being unprepared for the disaster.
It is the same story in the US, where despite the BBC’s claims of ‘records’, wildfire acreage is below average so far this year.
Official data shows that fires used to be much worse in the past. But again fire suppression is leading to bigger conflagrations than a few decades ago.
US Dept of Agriculture – National Report on Sustainable Forests – 2010
The bottom line is that climate change is not making wildfires worse. If governments want to avoid these disasters and save lives, they need to make sure that their forests are properly managed...Read all.
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