Mr. Hall's high school science teachers must be wondering where they went wrong. Their student simplifies his answers to the point of absurdity. If WA's atmosphere were a closed system then Mr. Hall's answer might suffice . But the impacts of climate change are being caused on a global scale. Stop all WA wild land fires and we'd still see rising temps over land and in the oceans due to human's actions worldwide.

So Donnie's answer really doesn't address the issues raised by the study, which is we have an increasing fire problem caused by changing climatic conditions. The study itself is a nuanced look at why temperatures and associated fire activity are increasing. One of the causes cited are those climatic cycles (so beloved by many GOP candidates) but the other cause is human-caused climate change. But, from previous comments, I understand science is not one of Donnie's strong points. So me, I'll stick with the conclusions that researchers, who understand science, have come to.