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Is climate change to blame for string of Southland fires?

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 18, 2008 at 7:30 am

From the Los Angeles Times:

Is climate change to blame for the string of destructive fires that have hit Southern California in recent years? Research has shown an increase in large wildfires in some western forest regions in recent decades, particularly in the northern Rocky Mountains and, to some extent, California’s Sierra Nevada.

Warming is reducing the snowpack there and causing it to melt earlier, resulting in a longer, drier fire season. But scientists say no definitive link has been demonstrated between rising temperatures and wildfires in Southern California’s chaparral country.

Read more from the Los Angeles Times by clicking here.

OK, rule out climate change. So we’re back to groundwater abuse, curses from God, Al-Queda, or the vast government weather tampering conspiracy …..

Picture is the Sayre fire as viewed from the blessedly upwind location of Aquafornia’s home base Santa Clarita.

November 18, 2008 · Filed Under Climate change & water supply, General Water Issues

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