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by smackeyacky 1774 days ago
I am going to assume you are uninformed rather than deliberately speading disinformation, but there isn't a single grain of truth in your comment. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51742646

In Australia we now regularly deal with considerably increased risk and incidence of bushfires compared to even 50 years ago, all of it due to human activities relating to climate change.

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The total area burned annually in Australia is down massively over the past century and the trend is decreasing.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ev4P6DIWQAUXTKh?format=jpg&name=...

A fantastic example of my point is in the animal deaths that occured on account of the fires in Australia. It received a stunning amount of media coverage. Yet the total number of animals killed by the fires was much lower than in previous years. To the casual uninformed reader (99% of them) this would seem like some extraordinary and unprecedented event.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EwMh7dSXYAIeM7p?format=jpg&name=...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EwMSJh8WUAAdLHF?format=jpg&name=...

The total burn area is affected by how effective we have gotten at fighting and managing the fire risks. The number of actual fires that start is the relevant metric here.
Lomborg is not a credible source for anything. Those pictures are basically lies packaged up to look legit.