Canada is heating up at twice the global average thanks to climate change. The fire seasons of 2023 and 2024 were the worst two years for wildfires in Canadian history – now 2025 looks set to beat their record.
Canadian wildfire smoke carries PM2.5 particles that can travel far into the U.S., worsening air quality in the Midwest, Northeast, and Great Lakes regions. These fine particles penetrate lungs and bloodstream, causing inflammation, lung damage, and higher infection risks. Children, the elderly, pregnant individuals, and those with heart or lung conditions are most vulnerable. Long-term exposure can worsen asthma, heart disease, and increase premature death risk.
Tough luck for Americans that they're living in the age of 'drill baby, drill' when the fossil fuel industry comes first, not them. As Lord Farquaad would say "Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I am willing to make".
Article – More than 90 wildfires are out of control in Canada
Climate Change means 2025 may be the worst year ever for Canadian wildfires. 90 separate fires are now burning out of control, with worse expected to come as the summer progresses.
byu/lughnasadh inFuturology
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The worst year… Yet.
It’s not gonna improve with what’s to come and what is being done globally right now.
I mean, if you the main goal is to prevent human death and suffering, then forest fires and their effects are one of the last problems we’d seriously tackle. How about a crusade against cigarettes and marijuana smoking? That kills over 8 million people per year.
The worst year ever for wildfires…until 2026. Records will be broken every year at the rate we’re on.
I’m not sure why we don’t do more controlled burnings… In Ontario, each passing year has left us more dry than the last, and with the snowfalls becoming lighter, the forests aren’t getting the permafrost they need.
Things will only be getting worse.
The world would stop if the fossil fuel industry did not exist.
The irony of people carping about ‘climate change’ yet go forth on ‘ai is the future’ when the technology behind ai requires an ungodly amount of fossil fuels to make happen.
“Drill baby drill” didn’t cause us to ignore forest management in Manitoba for decades. What kind of defective thought pattern is this?