Theory 47/New analysis/Paleofire
Charcoal Records Fuel Continuity
The claim
Sedimentary charcoal records fire frequency driven by fuel continuity more than by climate aridity.
01Mechanism
Fire requires connected fuel; continuity, not dryness, limits spread in many landscapes.
02Prediction
Charcoal should track inferred fuel, not drought proxies.
03Refutation
Charcoal tracking aridity would remove continuity.