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+286% is nearly 4x (100% => 386%), not nearly 3x. > the number of fires this year for [Feb 1-Feb 25] already exceeds those recorded in the last seven years [for Feb] So that would be 2017-2023 ? So those would be the years since the last El Niño (2014-2016), I wonder how it compares ? (Did we even have the measurement infrastructure during that previous cycle ??)
It’s been 25 years since I first flew over the Amazon at night. I remember wondering what those ragged orange arcs on the ground were. At first I thought they were the lights of coastal settlements, but the map showed us hundreds of miles inland.
+286% is nearly 4x (100% => 386%), not nearly 3x. > the number of fires this year for [Feb 1-Feb 25] already exceeds those recorded in the last seven years [for Feb] So that would be 2017-2023 ? So those would be the years since the last El Niño (2014-2016), I wonder how it compares ? (Did we even have the measurement infrastructure during that previous cycle ??)
Actually, El Nino is forecast to end this fall and turn into La Nina.
https://iri.columbia.edu/our-expertise/climate/forecasts/ens...
It’s been 25 years since I first flew over the Amazon at night. I remember wondering what those ragged orange arcs on the ground were. At first I thought they were the lights of coastal settlements, but the map showed us hundreds of miles inland.
It has also been 25 years since the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) in the US had their fundraising vodka parties and reliable bumpersticker activism. wtf did they get done? this is miserable
It’s been 25 years since I first flew over the Amazon at night. I remember wondering what those ragged orange arcs on the ground were. At first I thought they were the lights of coastal settlements, but the map showed us hundreds of miles inland.
It has also been 25 years since the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) in the US had their fundraising vodka parties and reliable bumpersticker activism. wtf did they get done? this is miserable
This article doesn’t cover one of the key contributing factors to this which is the cyclical nature of drought resilience and deforestation. As rainforest is lost, precipitation decreases due to a decrease in tree perspiration, reducing humidity and the amount of water available to the trees, making them more susceptible to fires. When you then combine that with longer dry seasons, higher max temperatures, and slash…
you mean: we are in for a bad time ?
+286% is nearly 4x (100% => 386%), not nearly 3x. > the number of fires this year for [Feb 1-Feb 25] already exceeds those recorded in the last seven years [for Feb] So that would be 2017-2023 ? So those would be the years since the last El Niño (2014-2016), I wonder how it compares ? (Did we even have the measurement infrastructure during that previous cycle ??)
Just one of those things, eh!