[stormbrew]

17.577 million hectares have burned so far this year. If 2023 were on that graph it would be a skyscraper towering over every big fire year in the 80s and 90s.

This year is unprecedented. And it isn't even over yet and the fires are still burning.

[standardUser]

But what does that say about the long term trend? Is 2023 an anomaly skewing the data, or does the data actually show a trend of increasing wildfires?