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The lies are coming thick and quick from the BBC this week:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-59253838
Earlier than European settlement, a number of tens of millions of acres burned yearly, and huge components of the state had been open parkland.
It was systematic fireplace suppression within the fashionable period, which has led to the construct of flamable undergrowth and crowded forests which is now liable for the large conflagrations we now see, not local weather change.
California Dept of Forestry & Fireplace Safety
Though rainfall in California has been notably low this 12 months, equally dry years occurred in 1924 and 1977, and there’s no pattern to the state changing into drier:
And within the longer scheme of issues, California’s local weather is colder now than more often than not for the reason that Ice Age, as evidenced by higher tree strains within the White Mountains:
HH Lamb: Local weather, Historical past and the Fashionable World
All in all, that is a particularly shoddy piece of reporting by Justin Rowlatt, who evidently is the BBC’s go to man for local weather disinformation.
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