jordanlund@lemmy.world
on 11 Nov 2023 16:10
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I had no idea the fires were back. Thanks for posting this!
CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world
on 11 Nov 2023 19:02
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This is the new norm. Summer in the southern hemisphere = Australia burns. Summer in the north = Canada and the US burns. Give it a couple years and expect that list of countries on fire every year to expand rapidly.
I figure the only reason you don’t hear about this happening across Europe is they destroyed their forests centuries ago.
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Anyone have a non-Xitter link to said animation?
You can always use nitter
nitter.net/SatelliteSci/…/1720253056762482706
I had no idea the fires were back. Thanks for posting this!
This is the new norm. Summer in the southern hemisphere = Australia burns. Summer in the north = Canada and the US burns. Give it a couple years and expect that list of countries on fire every year to expand rapidly.
I figure the only reason you don’t hear about this happening across Europe is they destroyed their forests centuries ago.
Greece fires in maps and satellite images show extent of damage
Wildfires continue to scorch southern Italy after temperatures reportedly top 48 C
Fires blaze across Spain and Portugal as Europe swelters under scorching heat wave
Scenes of Devastation Emerge From a Fire-Ravaged Southwestern France
Flames spread across Dubrovnik region of Croatia in latest wildfires
Australia the only developed nation on world list of deforestation hotspots
Forest area (percentage of land area) in 2021:
Australia: 17.4% (1,340,051 sq.km)
EU: 39.9% (1,594,136.8 sq.km)
data.worldbank.org
You figured wrong.