It is interesting to note that the largest Fires recorded on planet Earth was recorded in the 80s, this single fact pushes any google search to present only largest fires of 21st century when searching 'largest fires on earth' - it does not fit the narrative that in a 1950 and 1987 there was each a fire that together destroyed approximately 18 million hectares of land. I don't think these fires were due to climate change.... The closest thing in the 21st century is the Russian wildfires which managed a meagre 200,00 hectares. My guess is we could find bigger floods, bigger droughts in the past - the difference is there are more affected humans - it still strikes me that many many rich people who preach about climate change and the impending doom of rising seas own and live in properties on sea fronts and believe in the concept of the 'selective rising of oceans' :)
I share your intuition; our record of natural disasters is as much a reflection of our means of recording them as it is a reflection of their scale and danger.
To paraphrase the author Alex Epstein, humans take a dangerous environment and make it safe, as opposed to taking a safe environment and making it dangerous.
It is interesting to note that the largest Fires recorded on planet Earth was recorded in the 80s, this single fact pushes any google search to present only largest fires of 21st century when searching 'largest fires on earth' - it does not fit the narrative that in a 1950 and 1987 there was each a fire that together destroyed approximately 18 million hectares of land. I don't think these fires were due to climate change.... The closest thing in the 21st century is the Russian wildfires which managed a meagre 200,00 hectares. My guess is we could find bigger floods, bigger droughts in the past - the difference is there are more affected humans - it still strikes me that many many rich people who preach about climate change and the impending doom of rising seas own and live in properties on sea fronts and believe in the concept of the 'selective rising of oceans' :)
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I share your intuition; our record of natural disasters is as much a reflection of our means of recording them as it is a reflection of their scale and danger.
To paraphrase the author Alex Epstein, humans take a dangerous environment and make it safe, as opposed to taking a safe environment and making it dangerous.
Exactly ..
thanks for reading! hope you are well...