12 HOURS LATER!!! after such idiot action ... Fire is destroying everything! We are seeing a lot more fire this year than in previous years, and we’re seeing records set in many places. Forests are not as resistant to fires as they once were. Climate change is altering rainfall cycles and creating hotter and drier conditions around the country, factors which increase the risk of more frequent and more severe wildfires https://perma.cc/J77K-MP5H DOESN'T HELP ANYTHING TO PLANT NEW PLANTS, if we destroy all current plants https://t.center/PollutionFacts/727 With the climate crisis growing increasingly dire, hotter temperatures, more intense and longer dry seasons, earlier snowmelt, and stronger winds damage nature’s ability to resist fire. Fuel accumulates as more intense wet periods lead to rapid vegetation growth, and longer heat waves dry it out. On top of that, increasingly frequent lightning strikes provide more opportunities for ignition. The result of these interwoven drivers is a tinderbox. The fire season is starting earlier and ending later—and the wildfires that ignite are more destructive. Fires accelerate the climate crisis - Everyone has a role to play in reducing fire risk Especially intense fire damages the soils’ deepest layers, unlocking the ignition of centuries-old “legacy carbon,” which accounts for 69% of the carbon stored in forests https://perma.cc/5LP7-TJ4L WWF report: Increasing forest fires are a crisis for the planet https://perma.cc/42GY-JLQT FIGHTING FIRE WITH NATURE: OUR FORESTS’ LAST STAND https://perma.cc/ET5J-H66A ARCTIC CONNECTED | WILDFIRES ARE DEVASTATING THE ARCTIC https://perma.cc/NQ77-KR6Z More https://t.center/PollutionFacts/670 https://t.center/WWFTelegram https://t.center/WWFFacts https://t.center/PollutionFacts etc. Global Fires https://maps.greenpeace.org/fire_dashboard/ https://maps.greenpeace.org/maps/fire_stories/