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"The world has watched in horror as fires continue to raze parts of Los
Angeles, California. For those of us living in Australia, one of the world’s
most fire-prone continents, the LA experience feels all too familiar.
A “perfect storm” of several factors resulted in the catastrophic fires now
burning in Southern California: long-term climate change combined with extreme
weather conditions, all playing out in one of the most densely populated parts
of the United States.
The tragedy offers valuable lessons for other global cities in a similar
climate zone to Los Angeles – including the Australian centres of Adelaide and
Perth. The fires are also instructive for centres such as Sydney and Melbourne,
where the climate is warming and drying.
That’s why, in Australia, it’s important to understand how climate drivers
played out before and during the LA wildfire emergency. Some are naturally
occurring and others are the result of global warming. So let’s look at them in
more detail."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
