Australia’s Vast Wildzres Foretold in 2007 UN Climate Warning

摘要

Do you believe in prophecy? More than a dozen years ago, in a report released in July 2007, it was written:“An increase in fire danger in Australia is likely to be associated with a reduced interval between fires,increased fire intensity, a decrease in fire extinguishments and faster fire spread. … In south-eastAustralia, the frequency of very high and extreme fire danger days is likely to rise 4-25% by 2020.” Thatforecast of a potential effect of the proliferation of greenhouse gases around the world comes aboutmidway through 976 dense pages of scientific citations and assessments by the United Nations’Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Given the countless other statistics and prognoses, youmight be excused for overlooking the prediction when it was made.