# Calum Cunningham Back to [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/People/People|Lomborg People]] · [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/BjornLomborg-x-profile|@BjornLomborg]] · Topic: [[Topics/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate/Climate Change Science and Policy Debate|Climate Change Science and Policy Debate]] **Role:** Fire scientist, University of Tasmania ⚠️ (affiliation not re-checked) - Lead author of Cunningham, Williamson & Bowman (2024), "Increasing frequency and intensity of the most extreme wildfires on Earth", *Nature Ecology & Evolution* 8: 1420–1425, doi:[10.1038/s41559-024-02452-2](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02452-2). Uses satellite fire radiative power for 2003–2023 to show the most extreme fire events becoming more frequent and intense, concentrated in temperate and boreal conifer forests. - Used in [[Authors/@BjornLomborg/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - BjornLomborg on 125 Years of Declining Global Fire (2026-10-29)|125 Years of Declining Global Fire]] as the main counterweight to Lomborg's "entirely uncontroversial" decline: the total area burned is falling, while the worst forest fires are getting worse.