changes in population distribution and land use over the 20th century – including forest fragmentation and the conversion of land for urban development and agriculture – have suppressed wildfires, driving down global burned area by 19%.
However, this decline has been hindered by human-caused warming, which has expanded the area burned by 16% through increasingly hot and dry conditions across much of the world.
Starting a nuclear war is still likely far worse than even status quo.
I think you could nuke the atmosphere without a nuclear war, you’d just need a UN Climate Action resolution