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Climate change isn't just making the #OregonFires worse, it's affecting fires on several continents at different times of the year #AUSTRALIAFIRES #amazonburning
Yes, humans often ignite the fires, but #climatechange sets the stage with extreme weather, including excessive and unusual heat, dryness, and very winds that help dry out fuels further and fan flames.
I just published a paper based on hundreds of charcoal records from lake sediments around the world. Individual records are always complicated, but a clear pattern emerges when you look at the planet as a whole. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research/article/what-the-past-can-say-about-the-present-and-future-of-fire/4D5301236B18BBD0CDD8278ED85D726B
New research from Siberia by Angelica Feurdean and colleagues just came out too. I'm sure there are other records to add as well #paleofire https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379120304571
Yet many among the public still don't understand how QUICKLY our climate is changing now or how or why. Help your friends and family understand. A full 64% of Americans say they "rarely" or "never" talk about global warming https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/climate-change-american-mind-april-2020b.pdf
Your personal stories about the fires can help the public make the few steps between the horrible costs of climate impacts and the actions we need to take as a country to prevent this from getting even worse, which it will if we keep burning fossil fuels. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/personal-climate-stories-can-persuade/
