In Finnish Lapland’s Inari region, locals and wildlife have suffered 17 fires this summer so far. Timo Nyholm, duty fire officer at the Lapland Rescue Department, has said that’s well above the seasonal average of 10. He expects the summer total to blaze past 20 fires.
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"Climate change is extending the fire season,” FMI researcher Outi Kinnunen told YLE News.
“As the climate warms, snow cover diminishes earlier, summer temperatures rise, and land surfaces become drier, even though overall precipitation is expected to increase.”
I’m sure global warming doesn’t help us with fires like this but saying it’s a “undeniable sign of climate change” is plain bullshit.
There’s a reason they don’t have these devastating fires in Sweden or Finland…
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/08/27/why-is-lapland-on-fire-finlands-far-north-set-for-record-breakingly-hot-summer
Obviously they experience fires, but they’re not nearly as devastating as the LA fire because Finland does actual fire prevention.
…yet