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Comment by sarbaz

I've read like 10 articles about this so far, and they did not answer the following questions:

- How large, proportionally, is the burned region? How long would it theoretically take for the whole thing to burn down at this rate?

- How large, proportionally is the burned region in Siberia? How long has the Siberian fire been burning, how long would it take for everything to burn down, etc.

- I've seen the 20% of the worlds oxygen stat a bunch. But how significant is this fire in affecting that? Wouldn't we expect the Siberian fire to have a larger effect because it covers a thousand times more area?

- Can anyone explain the tipping-point business? How can a series of local fires cause a global collapse? Especially considering that this is neither the first nor the biggest fire?

- Do these fires burn themselves out? How do they end?

parent sarbaz 7 years ago

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