Comments on: The Map of Earth’s Fire Scars http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earths-fire-scars/1206 for environmentalists who don't take themselves too seriously Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:55:30 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Simply Ridiculous http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earths-fire-scars/1206/comment-page-1#comment-234726 Simply Ridiculous Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:07:05 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earth%e2%80%99s-fire-scars/1206#comment-234726 Thanks for the information!! Thanks for the information!!

]]> By: Francesco http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earths-fire-scars/1206/comment-page-1#comment-49008 Francesco Sat, 24 May 2008 10:49:09 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earth%e2%80%99s-fire-scars/1206#comment-49008 I find the data given is pretty useful. The new way to educate people about forest fires is worth praising. I find the data given is pretty useful. The new way to educate people about forest fires is worth praising.

]]> By: mark http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earths-fire-scars/1206/comment-page-1#comment-48732 mark Fri, 23 May 2008 22:13:04 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earth%e2%80%99s-fire-scars/1206#comment-48732 This is quite crazy! I never knew it was this bad. This is quite crazy! I never knew it was this bad.

]]> By: chewbie http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earths-fire-scars/1206/comment-page-1#comment-48674 chewbie Fri, 23 May 2008 21:17:43 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earth%e2%80%99s-fire-scars/1206#comment-48674 <blockquote>I LOVE the U of Leicester; their virtual autopsy site is cool. If I’d been a Brit, that’s where I would have wanted to go! </blockquote> are you being payed by them to post here?

I LOVE the U of Leicester; their virtual autopsy site is cool. If I’d been a Brit, that’s where I would have wanted to go!

are you being payed by them to post here?

]]> By: Jhonka http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earths-fire-scars/1206/comment-page-1#comment-48648 Jhonka Fri, 23 May 2008 20:56:57 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earth%e2%80%99s-fire-scars/1206#comment-48648 While they might be going overboard with the "controlled" burns... didn't Native Amercian Indians do the same thing (on a smaller scale) ?? While they might be going overboard with the “controlled” burns… didn’t Native Amercian Indians do the same thing (on a smaller scale) ??

]]> By: Chicken Little http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earths-fire-scars/1206/comment-page-1#comment-48589 Chicken Little Fri, 23 May 2008 17:42:59 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earth%e2%80%99s-fire-scars/1206#comment-48589 This is just plain stupid - in the Midwest, they're now _encouraging_ regular fires on the plains in order to return wildlife and plants to their natural state. Heck, some pine trees even _depend_ on wildfires for their seed cones to open. More environmentalist "the sky is falling" claptrap. This is just plain stupid – in the Midwest, they’re now _encouraging_ regular fires on the plains in order to return wildlife and plants to their natural state. Heck, some pine trees even _depend_ on wildfires for their seed cones to open.

More environmentalist “the sky is falling” claptrap.

]]> By: Robyn http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earths-fire-scars/1206/comment-page-1#comment-48587 Robyn Fri, 23 May 2008 17:36:45 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earth%e2%80%99s-fire-scars/1206#comment-48587 I LOVE the U of Leicester; their virtual autopsy site is cool. If I'd been a Brit, that's where I would have wanted to go! I LOVE the U of Leicester; their virtual autopsy site is cool. If I’d been a Brit, that’s where I would have wanted to go!

]]> By: Robert http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earths-fire-scars/1206/comment-page-1#comment-48585 Robert Fri, 23 May 2008 17:28:53 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earth%e2%80%99s-fire-scars/1206#comment-48585 I forgot to add that forest fires also keep pests and other invasive species in check - by stopping forest fires, the mountain pine beetle population has exploded in number and will probably wind up killing huge tracts of forest (potentially far more than would have ever been burnt up in fires). The beetles would never have grown to such a large number if they had been regularly burnt out by fires.. I forgot to add that forest fires also keep pests and other invasive species in check – by stopping forest fires, the mountain pine beetle population has exploded in number and will probably wind up killing huge tracts of forest (potentially far more than would have ever been burnt up in fires). The beetles would never have grown to such a large number if they had been regularly burnt out by fires..

]]> By: Robert http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earths-fire-scars/1206/comment-page-1#comment-48584 Robert Fri, 23 May 2008 17:24:52 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earth%e2%80%99s-fire-scars/1206#comment-48584 Don't forget the only reason we have such nasty wildfires and forest fires today in the West is because we have been deliberately suppressing them for the last 200 years (when possible). This leads to a vast over-accumulation of dry underbrush and other vegetation that should have been naturally cleared every few years by fires. We really shouldn't be putting out forest fires at all unless they start to threaten populated areas. Forest fires are completely natural - they have only become unnatural since we came along :) Don’t forget the only reason we have such nasty wildfires and forest fires today in the West is because we have been deliberately suppressing them for the last 200 years (when possible). This leads to a vast over-accumulation of dry underbrush and other vegetation that should have been naturally cleared every few years by fires. We really shouldn’t be putting out forest fires at all unless they start to threaten populated areas. Forest fires are completely natural – they have only become unnatural since we came along :)

]]> By: Josh http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earths-fire-scars/1206/comment-page-1#comment-48570 Josh Fri, 23 May 2008 17:04:55 +0000 http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/sciencetech/the-map-of-earth%e2%80%99s-fire-scars/1206#comment-48570 Ooh, I'm all for stopping the earthquakes (even hurricanes, acid rain & possibly spiders) but fires??? this stuff is very natural and has a cleansing effect. Africa is very dry and baron around these parts. Get a real picture about an inhabited area before the digg bait. Ooh, I’m all for stopping the earthquakes (even hurricanes, acid rain & possibly spiders) but fires??? this stuff is very natural and has a cleansing effect.

Africa is very dry and baron around these parts. Get a real picture about an inhabited area before the digg bait.

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