As we push forests toward more heat and drought and early snow melt and pests, we will see more wildfires. I linked to a study that quantifies that point.
There is absolutely no causal connection between AGW and these annual fires that have been ongoing since before man arrived in California. They are affected by seasonal weather.
Joe Romm is a Fellow at American Progress and is the editor of Climate Progress, which New York Times columnist Tom Friedman called "the indispensable blog" and Time magazine named one of the 25 “Best Blogs of 2010.″ Read more.
http://mrgreenbiz.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/are-the-wildfires-in-california-related-to-global-warming/
“This is the kind of disaster that we see more and more of as we begin to change the basic physics and chemistry of the planet ”
Huh?
As we push forests toward more heat and drought and early snow melt and pests, we will see more wildfires. I linked to a study that quantifies that point.
There is absolutely no causal connection between AGW and these annual fires that have been ongoing since before man arrived in California. They are affected by seasonal weather.