I am surprised by the statement "Today, salmon sushi is a staple of Japanese cuisine" While in Japan a few years ago, I found no salmon on the menu in sushi places. When inquiring why, we were told that salmon is not…
[Answering here to @applepearlime bc limits of my green acct] They do have firebreaks, paths for trucks to go in many places [1]. I've seen many. But you could argue they're not wide enough to actually break fire. And…
I responded to this elsewhere on this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49065156 Basically they had no way to fight those fires at the time, as the article explains.
And the context is that at the time, they had no way to fight those fires. So yes, it burned 50,000 ha. That was the starting point of devising ways to efficiently fight forest fires. Today we have plenty of specialized…
You may be absolutely right about the OP, I cannot know. Still, I believe it is important to highlight the elephant in the room first. For example to your point: "I still found it interesting to kmow why this fire seems…
The main reason the forest is burning is global warming. There were 3 punishing heatwaves before the fire, it was just a matter of time. A part of the Fontainebleau forest, much more north, no pine trees, went in smoke…
I am surprised by the statement "Today, salmon sushi is a staple of Japanese cuisine" While in Japan a few years ago, I found no salmon on the menu in sushi places. When inquiring why, we were told that salmon is not…
[Answering here to @applepearlime bc limits of my green acct] They do have firebreaks, paths for trucks to go in many places [1]. I've seen many. But you could argue they're not wide enough to actually break fire. And…
I responded to this elsewhere on this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49065156 Basically they had no way to fight those fires at the time, as the article explains.
And the context is that at the time, they had no way to fight those fires. So yes, it burned 50,000 ha. That was the starting point of devising ways to efficiently fight forest fires. Today we have plenty of specialized…
You may be absolutely right about the OP, I cannot know. Still, I believe it is important to highlight the elephant in the room first. For example to your point: "I still found it interesting to kmow why this fire seems…
The main reason the forest is burning is global warming. There were 3 punishing heatwaves before the fire, it was just a matter of time. A part of the Fontainebleau forest, much more north, no pine trees, went in smoke…