Troy ( troyunrau@lemmy.ca ) to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3年前‘It burns wild and free up there’: Canada fires force US crews to shift strategywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1107file-text
arrow-up1107external-link‘It burns wild and free up there’: Canada fires force US crews to shift strategywww.theguardian.comTroy ( troyunrau@lemmy.ca ) to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3年前message-square21linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTroy ( troyunrau@lemmy.ca ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·3年前According to https://natural-resources.canada.ca/our-natural-resources/forests/state-canadas-forests-report/how-much-forest-does-canada-have/17601 – we have 362 million hectares of forest. We’ve burned 7.75/362 this year, or just over 2%. If I was a gambling man, I’d wager we reach 3% of our forest burned this year. However, that leaves a bunch for next year yet…
According to https://natural-resources.canada.ca/our-natural-resources/forests/state-canadas-forests-report/how-much-forest-does-canada-have/17601 – we have 362 million hectares of forest.
We’ve burned 7.75/362 this year, or just over 2%. If I was a gambling man, I’d wager we reach 3% of our forest burned this year.
However, that leaves a bunch for next year yet…
3%, just craziness!