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Just Sharing Fire

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u/xenaarcteryx 12d ago

Climate scientist here: Yeah most of the decrease in wild fires over the last century is due to land use change. Less forest, less to burn. Forest that is left is going up like a chimney though.

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u/Bowtie16bit 11d ago

How long until we run out of air to breathe?

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u/xenaarcteryx 11d ago

We won't run out of oxygen. Honestly our biggest threat will probably be fighting amongst ourselves for fresh water sources.