[DBrow]

I bet the fires do not show up as a change in global CO2. Theory says they must, though.

Vladimir Valentinovich Alexandrov was a Nuclear Winter (remember?) associate of Carl Sagan. He had just completed an analysis of a past gigantic Russian fire. Nuclear Winter theory said that the Earth’s climate had to have been impacted by such an event (drastic cooling). He was about to present his findings at a Spanish conference when he disappeared from his hotel room, never to be seen again. his conclusion was that there were NO climate effects from the fires, and he questioned the accuracy of Nuclear Winter theory and its predictions.

Now that we have gigatons of carbon entering the atmosphere at a rate that volcanoes would be proud of, Global Warming theories can be tested.

Everybody watch the weekly Mauna Key CO2 numbers and see if there is a huge uptick!

Likewise a downtick in global temperature (particulate), or will it go up (CO2 greenhouse effect)?

www.woodfortrees.org has tracking tools.

[Alter Kaker]

You're asking the wrong question -- the Russian wildfires this year are NOT worse than normal, so you wouldn't expect to see anything different from a climactic perspective.

In fact, last year's fire season was more severe in terms of total acreage burned.

What's unusual this year is that the fires are in Western Russia, near major population centers, not in Siberia and the Far East.