[RWG] FIRE 07 Climate change Re: NEWS: Climate change likely to increase fires

[Wayne Tyson]

Invasive plants like the Sahara mustard are quite likely to be a 
factor in wildfires, as they fill spaces between widely-scattered 
shrubs, and climate change will no doubt affect fire behavior, but I 
yearn for more evidence and less opinion and conjecture regarding 
such sweeping conclusions.  It makes for good press, but what is 
needed is good research and solid data.  Fires have, and will 
continue to be, a factor in Great Basin ecosystems, but the real 
question is what precisely is the connection between the data and the 
conclusions, and what is the marginal difference.  Sensationalism 
destroys credibility, and "we" need credibility more than ever in 
these truly pivotal times.

WT

At 12:53 PM 10/12/2007, Olivia Kwong wrote:
>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071012/ap_on_sc/wildfires_climate_change
>
>Climate change likely to increase fires
>
>By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press Writer Thu Oct 11, 8:26 PM ET
>
>LAS VEGAS - Climate change is likely to increase the number of wildfires
>fueled by invasive weeds that are spreading throughout the Great Basin,
>researchers told a U.S. Senate subcommittee Thursday.
>
>See the link above for the full article text.
>
>
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