And there's a lot of weird, inconvenient things. One of the things that Randall Carlson brings up is one of the things about carbon is there's more green now on the surface of Earth than there has been.

The argument that experts are putting forth is that the effects of climate change are intensifying these fires. Fizz.org spoke with Stanford University Environmental Studies director Chris Field, who explained the connection between climate change and these fires. Coincidentally, he also described the fires as, quote, one of the worst, if not the worst, climate change extreme events he's ever seen. What's happened is that Australia has seen decreased rainfall in recent years, while the summer has brought record-setting high temperatures. These drought conditions create drier fuel for fires, which can be started by accident or by a lightning strike, at which point the fires that are started are far more intense and spread much easier than they would have under different conditions. 2019 was the hottest and driest year on record for Australia, according to their Bureau of Meteorology, which puts these pieces in place for what we're seeing now.