WILDFIRES AND CLIMATIC CHANGE
Wildfires and Climate Change
Climate change has been a key factor in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the Western United States. Wildfire risk depends on a number of factors, including temperature, soil moisture, and the presence of trees, shrubs, and other potential fuel. All these factors have strong direct or indirect ties to climate variability and climate change. Climate change enhances the drying of organic matter in forests (the material that burns and spreads wildfire), and has doubled the number of large fires between 1984 and 2015 in the western United States.
Research shows that changes in climate create warmer, drier conditions. Increased drought, and a longer fire season are boosting these increases in wildfire risk,(C2ES, 2020).
In most of African states like TANZANIA outbreak of fire in Kilimanjaro mountain leads to the climatic change but there some of different organization like roots&shoot play vital role on spread education to the people about impact of climatic change
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