Y2Kyoto: Blowing Smoke, Aussie Edition

[Weatherman2020]

Fires burned 10% of Australia’s land surface on average every year in 20th century. In this century, it burned 6% (2001-19)

We now have the data for 2019-20, the year with “Australia ablaze”: 4% (3.95%)

 

[Sunsettommy]

From Jo Nova Australian blog:

Massive Fires: far worse 4,000 years ago in Northern Australia