Chaparral Wisdom
To celebrate the magic and beauty of Nature & the chaparral
Category: Forests
New Study Finds Increase in California Forest Fires Over the Past Half-century is Attributable to Human-caused Climate Change
Drying landscapes = More landscapes burnPast fire suppression activitiesor lack of “cultural burning” are not a factor Four new observations should change the current narrative about wildfires. Will these new facts change the wildfire narrative? In the short run, we are doubtful. Why?
The Beginnings of the Fire Suppression Fallacy
– How Truth Metastasized Into A Lie – The Fire Suppression Fallacy –(Part IV) How did the observation that fire suppression may have caused some forests to miss several natural fires due to firefighting metastasize into a pernicious stereotype that has convinced huge numbers… Continue Reading “The Beginnings of the Fire Suppression Fallacy”
Landmark Study Finds Pattern of “Falsification of the Scientific Record” in Government-Funded Wildfire Studies
– How Truth Metastasized Into A Lie – The Fire Suppression Fallacy –(Part III) An unprecedented study was published today in the peer-reviewed journal Fire, exposing a broad pattern of scientific misrepresentations and omissions that have caused a “falsification of the scientific record” in recent forest… Continue Reading “Landmark Study Finds Pattern of “Falsification of the Scientific Record” in Government-Funded Wildfire Studies”