Not little any more.

"Europe is emerging from one of its worst wildfire seasons on record," "burning 699,000 hectares (1.7 million acres - an area more than four times the size of London." "In the 1950s, the countryside west of Madrid, Spain's capital, was a mosaic of crop fields and pastures, intersected by rural roads." But since 1975, decreasing rural populations led to growth of shrubs and trees, creating young forests, and fires are linking up to cause huge blazes. Reuters. Wildfires are being caused by dry weather due to a warming of the Pacific Ocean, known as El Nino, which "can bring drought to some regions and severe flooding to others - and in some cases both." wfp.org. The temperature of the Pacific Ocean is apparently a record 3.46 degree Celsius higher than the 1991-2020 baseline. CSR. On the contrary, the 14th Century Black Death plague caused so many deaths "that millions of trees sprang up in abandoned farmland, soaking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This would have had the effect of cooling the climate, a team from Utrecht University, Netherlands, says." This was the Little Ice Age some 300 years ago. BBC. "Indonesia's fire crisis is closely linked to peatland drainage and conversion for palm oil plantations." "The danger is the peat itself: once drained for plantations it becomes extremely flammable and can smolder underground for months, producing choking haze long after the flames are gone." Indonesia has lost over 8 million hectares already. Current Wildfires. All these fires are pouring millions of tonnes of soot and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, making the earth warmer. "By one estimate, peat fires generate three times more fine particulate matter than other tropical forest fires, five times more sulphur dioxide, three times more organic carbon, and two times more methane and carbon monoxide." science.nasa.gov. Meanwhile, Taiwan has shut down in preparation for Typhoon Champi. "At one point a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the Pacific this year, Champi was still packing gusts of around 191 kph (119 mph) near its center, according to Taiwan's Central Weather Administration (CWA)." Reuters. In India, "After a monsoon marked by a 13% rainfall deficit," "the immediate concern is whether the strengthening El Nino will compound the effects of the deficient monsoon and influence winter temperatures, rainfall and agricultural conditions in the coming months." TOI. The state of Telangana received 24% less rainfall during the southwest monsoon, while there has been a 95% deficit between 1 and 22 October. DH. Excluding deserts, India is probably the hottest country in the world. "The sale of RACs (room air conditioners) has been growing at 15-20% since 2020." "India currently has about 70mn RACs." "In India, refrigerant leakage and refilling have reached crisis proportions," with about 40% of RACs refilled every year. "The coolants we use today - hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) - are hundreds of times more potent than carbon dioxide (CO2) in heating the climate," wrote Chandra Bhushan. Some parts of India are so parched that in April 2016, "A train carrying half a million liters of water has been dispatched to the worst-affected areas of India's drought-hit western Maharashtra state." BBC. In August, collapse of a glacier in the Himalayas sent a wall of water 100 meters high, traveling at 180 kilometers per hour through a valley in Nepal, killing 1,500 people and destroying 100 bridges, 13 hydropower dams and 23 schools. 5,600 people are still missing. news.un.org. Nepal borders India to the north. Melting glaciers high up in the mountains cause thousands of deaths from flash floods now, while dry rivers will kill millions slowly due to thirst in the future. El Nino means little boy. The boy is growing. We are toast.