The Yosemite Inferno In the Context of Forest Policy, Ecology and Climate Change 111
Lasrick writes "Andrew Revkin at DotEarthblog posts an assessment of the drivers of wildfire trends in the American West. He shows a graph of fire activity for the past 400 years in the Yosemite-Mariposa area, and a rather surreal time-lapse video of the current Rim Fire now burning in and around Yosemite."
so its not global warming? (Score:2, Insightful)
no way
no one is going to believe it though since you need something simple for people to blame everything on
Human Arrogance (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:so its not global warming? (Score:5, Insightful)
Then I should be able to measure the thickness of that soil, its carbon content and deduce its age. But I can't.
Of course you can't. You are not a pedologist or edaphologist or other soil scientist; you are not an ecologist, or biologist; you are probably not any kind of scientist. You are not even well-read about the subject you write about. So no one with any sense would expect you to be able to do any kind useful soil measurements.
You are entitled to your opinion, which you have expressed in a manner which makes it very clear how broadly it is based in fact. Which is not very broadly at all; it is so narrow that it topples under its own instabilities. Nevertheless, it is a valid opinion that you are most certainly entitled to express. And which can be used by anyone to assess the value of your contributions to these discussions.
Re:so its not global warming? (Score:4, Insightful)
Protip: when you have been thoroughly pwned, all you accomplish by whining about it is to embarrass yourself and everyone else around you.