Global warming is
having a huge effect on how much wildfires are occurring in the Western United States . The wildfires that are caused by
global warming are due the to climate change, drought, and the heat. These are
the three main ingredients that are causing major wildfires in the West and
prompting the government to declare state of emergencies to these states and
counties. Dozens of homes and thousands of acres has been burned over the past
few months in these regions. This entire region that is being affected by these
wildfires is under duress. The area has been dry for so long that the government
officials have warned that the potential for more catastrophes to occur in the
months ahead, as drought and climate change push high temperatures to a region
that is already plagued by dry- arid lands. And according to experts, there
needs to be a substantial amount of rain to end the drought in the West but the
rise in temperatures increases the risk for flames.
The things that we
could to prevent this from happening is the participation of people to change
their lifestyles and try to make them realize the damage that this can have on
the environment and people. We could also find a way to make clothes and other
necessary items in a cleaner manner( instead of the factories putting carbon
into the atmosphere).
The barriers to
this is the consideration people have for the environment. They just want to
live life like there is not a problem when, truly, there is. They don’t want to
change their way of lifestyle because they are to “ lazy” to change their ways.
The faster we find
ways to change the problem of climate change, the amount of wildfires will
decrease and there might not be as much as there is now. I think that wildfires
are very destructive because they take homes of families and destroy the
habitats of animals.
I agree Christos, wildfires in the west have always been a problem, but it seems that in recent years this problem has only gotten worse. As you pointed out, it affects millions of families for the worst, taking away their homes and their land. Not only are these wildfires detrimental to the population, they are destroying habitats and ecosystems. These raging wildfires are destroying the homes of animals that call the forest their home, and upsetting the balance in their ecosystem. Not only that, but with greenhouse gasses increasing every day, we need all of the trees we can get to absorb the extra carbon being trapped in our atmosphere. Less trees means less carbon absorption, so this issue is really a complex cycle of environmental problems.
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