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2023-08-21 23:05:00 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1AFB8E083D5BC583AB2F2E3D8DEBB9E63F86EE489478ACFD3E9396F629A9DA41
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Original Note:
There is no evidence that the wildfires in Canada are directly associated with climate change. The fires have been attributed to poor forest management, lightning, and arson. Globally, the number of wildfires have actually decreased since 1999. https://www.wsj.com/articles/canadian-wildfires-climate-change-new-york-smoke-global-warming-boreal-forest-d8bff3b6 https://nypost.com/2023/06/11/canadas-wildfires-are-a-reminder-climate-warriors-have-it-all-wrong/ https://www.fraserinstitute.org/article/canadas-burning-because-of-bad-forest-policy-not-climate-change https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318323258_A_human-driven_decline_in_global_burned_area https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365204536_Converging_and_diverging_burn_rates_in_North_American_boreal_forests_from_the_Little_Ice_Age_to_the_present
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