Wildfire acreage has been low even though the summer has been warm and dry for most of the region.
Category: Wildfires
Was Global Warming Behind the Recent Smoky Period in Western Washington?
There is no observed upward trend in wildfire acreage west of the Cascade crest. Global warming should weaken strong easterly flow, the key meteorological factor associated with autumn westside wildfires.
LA Times reveals 2020 CA Wildfire CO2 Wiped Out 18 Years of the State’s Emissions Reductions
The Times article confirms the fact that California wildfire emissions in year 2020 wiped out the states 18 years of hugely costly efforts to reduce its emissions.
Two Words Explain California’s Wildfire Woes: Spotted Owl
Meanwhile, has anyone seen a spotted owl lately?
Wildfires are the “Old Normal” for the Pacific Northwest
Wildfires and their smoke are a natural part of the Northwest ecosystem.
Live Now, Roundtable : Media Wrongly Blames Climate Change for Yosemite Park Fire
Climate Change Roundtable Ep21 The Heartland Institute The corporate media is predictably latching onto the wildfire at Yosemite Park as another example of climate change in action. You’d think the…
New Data Absolutely Destroys Media Claims of ‘Climate Change is Causing More Wildfire’
The lack of any sustained correlation destroys the U.N. and media claims. If CO2 was in fact the control knob for making wildfires worse, wildfires would have increased from 2012…
Scientists Develop Method for Seasonal Prediction of Wildfires in the US West
Winter and spring climate explains a large portion of interannual variability and trend in western U.S. summer fire burned area
Wrong, Denver Post, Fires and Floods Aren’t Increasing
From ClimateREALISM By Linnea Lueken -April 5, 2022 The Denver Post recently ran an article claiming global warming will cause more severe wildfire seasons, as well as more severe floods in the Western…
Study Reveals Chemical Link between Wildfire Smoke and Ozone Depletion
“This chemistry, once you get past that point, is well-established,” Solomon says. “Once you have less nitrogen dioxide, you have to have more chlorine monoxide, and that will deplete ozone.”
Just what is a ‘resilient’ forest, anyway?
A shift away from managing for competitive forests and toward eliminating competition could allow the few to thrive and be more resilient.
The Colorado Wildfire and Global Warming: Is there a Connection?
There is no reason to expect this downslope windstorm was the result of global warming, enhanced by global warming, or made more frequent by global warming. In fact, the opposite…
Colorado’s Marshall Fire: Has Funding Needs Corrupted Climate Science?
But the science does not show a connection between the Marshall Fire and Climate Change. And due to the greed of the media, politicians, and selfish scientists, only scientific integrity…
Media Promotes Badly Flawed Science Spreading It Like Wildfire
Despite the bad science a multitude of media outlets like NY Times and CNN falsely promoted the paper as evidence that climate change cause more wildfires
Justin Rowlatt’s Fake Californian Wildfires Report
All in all, this is an extremely shoddy piece of reporting by Justin Rowlatt, who evidently is the BBC’s go to guy for climate disinformation.
No, CNN, Wildfires Will Not Be Destroying Times Square, New York City
Newsflash – wildfires have not engulfed New York City any time since SUVs were invented, nor will wildfires ever engulf New York City. Even if wildfires ever do engulf some area within…
The Malden Wildfire and Climate Change: Why Are Major Media and Politicians Distorting the Truth?
Unfortunately, a number of media outlets (e.g., the Seattle Times and NPR), politicians, and activist groups are consistently distorting the truth. There are few better examples of this problematic behavior than…
Understanding Wildfires and Climate and How we Must Adapt
Video explaining the ecology of wildfires and why California is more prone to fires than the rest of the USA
National Public Radio’s Misinformation on Wildfires and Climate: Part 2
. All the climate models could do is project imagined disasters in the future. Rarely does the media mention the grass/fire cycle, or the dryness of ENSO cycles. Instead NPR…
National Public Radio’s Misinformation on Wildfires and Climate: Part 1
With every wildfire report, NPR now adds climate crisis comment but ignores wildfire science. I learned more about heat transfer and wildfires as a boy scout. I also expanded my…
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