O Canada, What's To Be Done about the Fires?

A difficult state of denial, and not just up north

May 14, 2024

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This map of Canada is heavily scored by hazy or intense red-orange lines to highlight sweeping coverage of high carbon monoxide readings across all but the far west. The colour choice gives the impression that most of Canada is scarred by fire, even though these are just gas level readings. — Average carbon monoxide concentration from May 1 to June 13 across Canada. // Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

It’s wildfire season again in Canada, so let’s take a walk down memory lane—because unfortunately, odds are that “memory lane” will always be a cooler place to stroll than wherever our societies are heade…

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