The whole island of Sicily covered by wildfires tonight. It's a catastrophe. Here is a satellite image.

Not saying shit's not fucked up over there right now, but is this an artist rendering? Its got what looks like artist initials at the top and I can't find this image anywhere else.

I was informed by conservative relatives that climate change was a Chinese hoax, which fair, that's a pretty funny joke. But burning down Sicily seems like taking things a bit too far.

NASA Fire Map

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@14.0,37.8,8z

The fruits of capitalism.

We won't stop either, the greed disease is like a drug. The few who have wealth and demand more without end, and the many who prefer to tell themselves it'll be them one day with hard work so why destroy their future lavish lifestyle by breaking the wheel? Addicted to the gluttonous life, or addicted to the gluttonous delusion.

And the world burned...

Absurd .. This is ludicrous and looks like a warring area on an RPG map. It's 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 but unbelievable.

While there are indeed a great many forest fires happening around the world, and no shortage of them across Sicily, this is an artists rendering and not an actual satellite photo. The actual fires are FAR more localized, and this kind of hyper sensationalized reporting just does a disservice to the actual severity of the situation. It's a big enough problem even without the sensationalism.

We need to be able to corid/crowd tag posts. Everyone should tag this as FAKE. It's not fucking real.

This is inaccurate.

If anyone wants to see the actual situation here's NASA's live map: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/

and a guide on how to use it, what all the symbols mean etc: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=SSd7KnWN9CM

For people looking for a more realistic take...the last 48 hours are clear so this is 72 hours back.. Not sure if that's a data issue or the fires have gone out now.

This should be reported for misinformation. It’s a blatantly false image.

Don't worry, a couple more years of global warming at current rates and they won't be worried about fires anymore.

We reap what we sow.

Fake picture is fake.

the climate change is going slowly then all at once, now we are at the all at once phase

Yeesh, this is horrible. Looks like something you'd see in a movie

EDIT: Turns out this is an artist's rendition according to another comment. Not sure why they're using this movie-like image rather than an actual one. Regardless, hope they can get through this.

If these posts are trending then here it is no different than reddit if not worse.

The farmers' association, Coldiretti, said Sicily was facing an "unprecedented catastrophe and incalculable environmental damage".

The minister for civil protection, Nello Musumeci, wrote on Facebook: "This is one of the hardest days in Italy's history for 10 years. Climate change has hit our nation and demands that we all change our ways. There are no excuses."

- As reported by the BBC