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Damn straight. In Australia we have massive fires every fucking year. When I was a kid it might have been one or two per decade. I remember large flocks of birds flying overhead in mornings and afternoons - none of that happens now. Insect diversity has fallen. National Parks almost look like graveyards of previously thriving forest, it's just depressing. In Victoria over half a national park just burnt out because rainfall has been low for 20 years and there just isn't enough moisture around to stop fires from spreading rapidly. Shit's fucked, and it's going to get worse.
In 2006 when we were driving to field works (picking up melons), the windshield would be covered in insects
When i am driving now (admittedly, in a different place), my windshield is pristine clear
So sad. Australia has been #1 on my list of places to visit or move to since I was a kid.
As a country that is surely on the forefront of preventing climate change, have you seen somewhat a reversal or outright denial in the last 10 years?