Despite breathless climate reporting about ever-increasing fires US fires burn 5-10x less today Even with extreme warming, area burned will stay about same across century Climate does increase burned area, but zoning and forest management much more important Refs in threadpic.twitter.com/pPd017JDBD
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Is the data back to 1926 credible? Yes, from US Historical Statistics, based on individual year national reporting (p554) https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/histstatus/hstat1970_cen_1975_v1.pdf …pic.twitter.com/MQBkFNfvUN
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Here is the critique and why it is just handwaving https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162520304157 …pic.twitter.com/Imc4EgfwKA
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At time, fires were well-known Here US deputy of Forest Service: "in recent years fires have burned about 40,000,000 acres annually— an area greater than that of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hamp shire, Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia combined." https://books.google.se/books/about/Forestry_and_Permanent_Prosperity.html?id=kimmwgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y …pic.twitter.com/X4UiDlia7k
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Here is Obama-era National 2010 Sustainability report using the burn data back to 1926, p113 https://www.fs.fed.us/research/sustain/docs/national-reports/2010/2010-sustainability-report.pdf …pic.twitter.com/ZMdtIdPxg8
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Sargent map from 1880, in report from 1884, definite underestimate (because many didn't report back) insert, p491 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/22935 …pic.twitter.com/s0jhul053H
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4.5-12% of California area likely used to burn *every* year before 1800 2020, the biggest burn year in the records, burned 4% of California (1.7Mha/4.25M acres) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112707004379 … https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/ pic.twitter.com/T5LRM0sn7g
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New York Times 1781, "the smoke was so dense that many persons thought the day of judgment had come" https://www.nytimes.com/1894/09/03/archives/the-cause-of-the-hazy-air-all-due-to-the-unusual-prevalence-of.html …pic.twitter.com/PXCLDsWZUU
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EPA burn estimate with RCP8.5 (unrealistically enormous coal-based future) and RCP4.5 (emissions reduced by 82% below RCP8.5 by 2100, 62% across total emissions, 2020-2100) I show 11-year trailing averages of their 5-model averages https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_Report.cfm?Lab=OAP&dirEntryId=335095 …pic.twitter.com/DRe6qjHQgT
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Notice, that over next 80 years, fire burden will shift with some areas seeing more fire and others less https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_Report.cfm?Lab=OAP&dirEntryId=335095 …pic.twitter.com/H3PCAmFTzF
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17x more homes in high-risk areas from 1940-2050 from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162520304157 …pic.twitter.com/J93XTzFjRO
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US forest area has not decreased since 1900, actually slightly increased https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/legacy_files/media/types/publication/field_pdf/forestfacts-2014aug-fs1035-508complete.pdf … (p7)pic.twitter.com/5T3yT5x0et
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