> This discussion was on the radio - are there more forest fires now because > of global warming...the answer is - no...the temp. of the globe does not > cause forest fires.
But the *rainfall* on the 'globe' seems certainly to be fluctuating wildly ! > Of the given quantity of fires burning right now, > 300+, less than half were caused by lightning; the rest were caused by > human error. And some of those 'errors' are *arson*. > It is useful to know that forest fires aren't necessarily a bad thing - in > Nature, they are part of the forest cycle; regrowth occurs, thus a > redistribution of vegetation and animal species; devastating at the time, > but healthy in the long run. > Bev *Only* where there *is* a forest to 'have a cycle' and "regrow" - clearcutting/burning where there is very little topsoil (jungles are notoriously thin-layered, as are steeper mountain- sides) there is nothing to 'redistribute', when the trees are gone, so is the 'wildlife' for the lifetimes of *several* generations of humans - - - or else *permanently*, as in *extinction*. Toni in Seattle To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
