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Climate change boosts risk of extreme wildfires 25%: study (phys.org)

submitted 2 years ago by Treevan@aussie.zone to c/environment@aussie.zone

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Climate change has sharply boosted the risk of fast-spreading wildfires, according to a Californian study published Wednesday that offers lessons for prevention after recent disasters in Canada, Greece and Hawaii.

Scientists at the Breakthrough Institute, a non-profit research center, found that human-caused warming increased the frequency of "Extreme" wildfires by 25 percent on average compared to the pre-industrial era, in a study in the journal Nature.

A 2022 United Nations Environment Programme report on wildfires said they are becoming more common due to hotter, dryer conditions caused by climate change, including in regions not traditionally prone to them.

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[–] Finnbot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I got perma banned from Reddit for reporting a Fox News article that was posted on r/politics which stated climate change had no impact on wildfire occurrences.

Said I was abusing the report function to bully or harass people. For reporting blatant fucking right wing lies! I’d never even reported any posts before.

People would rather bury their stupid fucken heids in the ground than face the truth.

[–] Treevan@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A mod would have banned you? Surely not an admin?

I was only banned once, permanently, for saying "How about your resume?".

[–] Finnbot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

No idea, always thought it was weird that one “offence” led to permanently losing my years old account.

I even appealed the ban, explaining the reasoning behind reporting the article, and it was upheld! Bonkers - I still have no idea what it was in my report that led to such a mental reaction. “What are these lies” were what I titled it.