t simply appears that the mainstream media didn’t bother to look because they prefer to push a scary narrative about climate change rather than do the job they have been…
Category: Wildfires
Modeling Study Finds the Blatantly Obvious: More Fuel Might Burn More
… if there is more vegetation to burn, it might burn more.
D’oh! Fire suppression makes wildfires more severe
SCIENCE®!!!! discovers what my dad (a civil engineer) taught me more than 50 years ago.
The Origin of Last Summer’s Maui Wildfire
Lahaina was a disaster ready to happen. A human-caused disaster. Large areas of highly flammable invasive grasses were just east of Lahaina. Grasses growing in abandoned farmland.
Six Warning Signs Climate Scientists Are Lying About Wildfires
Although a 20-year period of a drier climate associated with La Nina-like conditions will dry out the biggest dead logs, so they more easily burn, changes in wildfire frequency and…
After All the Media Hype, Wildfires Across Southern Europe Were Completely Normal in 2023
From THE DAILY SCEPTIC BY CHRIS MORRISON Writing in the Daily Telegraph last July, Suzanne Moore reported that the “world is on fire – and we can’t ignore it any longer”. She was noting the…
Chile Forest Fires–Climate Change?
As noted, eucalyptus accounts for about a third of plantations. Is it any wonder these fires spread so rapidly nowadays.
2023 US wildfire season sees total acreage burned under 3 million, far below 10-year avg. & lowest since 1998
One of the main contributing factors to the down year in overall US wildfire activity is the fact that it has been a mild year in California with the number…
‘Paradise Lost’ – Wildfires Were ‘Déjà Vu All Over Again’
Note: This editorial was originally in the queue to be published in a prominent newspaper, but the editor somehow forgot about it after I submitted it. While it is a…
Sacramento Bee Won’t Attribute Mild Wildfire Season to Climate Change, Falsely Claims the Inverse
The best explanations then for regional upticks in fires are differences in forest management practices, arson, as well as improper maintenance of power lines in the case of California, or combinations of factors that…
Wrong, LA Times, There is No Evidence ‘Climate Change Boosts Risk of Explosive Wildfire Growth in California’
This is a classic example of the overreliance on models (and now AI) in climate research, instead of actual data.
Man-Made Disaster’: Byron Donalds Blames ‘Green New Deal Stuff’ For Maui Wildfire
Republican Rep. Byron Donalds blamed “green new deal stuff” for the devastating wildfire in Maui, saying an electric company ignored “the basic things.”
Canada Forest Fires Trend Has Gone Down Since 2000, Data Defy Alarmist Claims
But the country’s official wildfire statistics do not show this suspected trend.
The Essential Ingredients of the Most Destructive Wildfires: Wind and Grass
Climate change has little to do with such grass/range fires. Many steps can be taken to reduce the grass/range wildfire risk.
La Brea Megafaunal Extinctions Driven by Fires 13,000 Years Ago
Peer-Reviewed Publication AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (AAAS) Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions from Southern California were driven by large-scale fires in an ecosystem made increasingly vulnerable by climate change…
We Are Not Learning’: Bjorn Lomborg Says Politicians Hide Behind Climate Change to Duck ‘Responsibility’ For ‘Failures’
We are not learning as long as we just keep blaming global warming
Agency Headed By ‘Indigenous Knowledge’ Advocate Delayed Water Supplies That Would Have Fought Hawaii Fires, Letter Says
Water requires “true conversations about equity”
The Real Cause of the Maui Wildfire Disaster
This event was not the result of climate change, Hurricane Dora, or an extended drought. It resulted from an unusually intense mountain wave/downslope windstorm produced by a fairly rare convergence…
The Origin of the Hawaii Fires/Preventing a Similar Tragedy in the Future
We can take steps to prevent this from happening again, including understanding why this event occurred and building the observation, warning, and action infrastructure as California.
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