changes in population distribution and land use over the 20th century – including forest fragmentation and the conversion of land for urban development and agriculture – have suppressed wildfires, driving down global burned area by 19%.

However, this decline has been hindered by human-caused warming, which has expanded the area burned by 16% through increasingly hot and dry conditions across much of the world.

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    15 days ago

    And most people want a utopia, at a certain point however we have to acknowledge the billions guaranteed to die from the status quo aren’t destined better or quicker deaths than those killed by whatever solution we choose now.

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        15 days ago

        I think you could nuke the atmosphere without a nuclear war, you’d just need a UN Climate Action resolution