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    The Australian fires are a harbinger of things to come. Don't ignore their warning | Steve Pyne

    Fires are more frequent, more damaging, and more terrifying - a symptom of the new age that I call the Pyrocene
    by Steve Pyne Jan 07, 2020 2 minutes
    ‘Yes, Australia and bushfire are old acquaintances. But the past 20 years feel different. The bad fires are more frequent, more eruptive, and more damaging.’ Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images

    Australia is a fire continent. Imagine California on the scale of the 48 contiguous states, but drier, more routinely kindled and with winds that can transform large swathes of land into a veritable fire flume. From time to time, its simmering flames boil over into seeming tsunamis of fire.

    And Australia has a culture to match. It has institutions to study, fight and light fire. It has a

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