tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163458.post115375151745589722..comments2023-10-31T05:09:58.639-04:00Comments on maribo: Monday morning mashUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163458.post-1153924611468936692006-07-26T10:36:00.000-04:002006-07-26T10:36:00.000-04:00A recent paper by some scientists at Scripps attri...A recent paper by some scientists at Scripps attributes the increase in wildfires over past three decades partly to climate warming: <BR/><BR/>http://scrippsnews.ucsd.edu/article_detail.cfm?article_num=739<BR/><BR/>Humans also directly influenced the observed increase in wildfires, through past fire suppression policies, land use practices, accidental fires, etc.<BR/><BR/>The best scientists can really do in terms of "attribution" is to predict the likelihood an event - warm ocean temperatures contributing to strong hurricane season or coral bleaching event (my area), or a warm, dry summer leading to a rough fire season - will happen with and without human influence on the climate. <BR/><BR/>A good example of this was a study on the fatal 2003 European Heatwave: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v432/n7017/abs/nature03089.htmlSimon Donnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844831377442275615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163458.post-1153883039239922372006-07-25T23:03:00.000-04:002006-07-25T23:03:00.000-04:00Sure its good that CNN addresses the question, but...Sure its good that CNN addresses the question, but they're still applying the same old 'debate amongst scientists' frame:<BR/><BR/>"The skeptics say any warming over the last century can be explained by the fact that the planet was coming out of a cold period, known as the "Little Ice Age" . . . And although a couple of hot summers do not prove climate change, if global warming is happening, heat waves are inevitable."<BR/><BR/><I>If</I> it's happening?! Even Bush concedes that global warming is happening.<BR/><BR/>Ah well. Any thoughts on whether global warming has contributed to the busy forest-fire season? I agree that it's impossible to say for sure, and there are lots of factors, but this is the only way that the impact of warming is going to become tangible for people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com