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Impacts of climate change on Amazon forest fire Peng, Yuan
Abstract
With the temperature rising caused by the global climate change, forest fire season has increased longer and fire severity in the Amazon has been more intense. Some extreme drought events in the Amazon in 2005 and 2010 caused severe fire activities during the fire season. The effects of climate change on forest fires in the Amazon have been discussed in the paper. Warming temperatures have increased the forest dry season; subsequent fires have higher intensity and severity, with fire season expansion in the Amazon forest. Some data and research proved that dry seasons would affect the fire season and fire activity. The consequence of forest fires in the Amazon on environmental conditions, economic development, and human health has been discussed in the paper as well. Greenhouse gas, timber products profits reduction, and harmful smoke release are the three major negative impacts caused by forest fires. Forest fire can produce a large amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and release smoke, which makes environment conditions worse and can harm human health. Additional timber loss due to forest fire causes timber industry loss as well. What’s more, fire monitoring, sustainable management, law enforcement, and afforestation are suggested in the paper as solutions in the recommendations section.
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Impacts of climate change on Amazon forest fire
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2014-04
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With the temperature rising caused by the global climate change, forest fire season has increased longer and fire severity in the Amazon has been more intense. Some extreme drought events in the Amazon in 2005 and 2010 caused severe fire activities during the fire season. The effects of climate change on forest fires in the Amazon have been discussed in the paper. Warming temperatures have increased the forest dry season; subsequent fires have higher intensity and severity, with fire season expansion in the Amazon forest. Some data and research proved that dry seasons would affect the fire season and fire activity. The consequence of forest fires in the Amazon on environmental conditions, economic development, and human health has been discussed in the paper as well. Greenhouse gas, timber products profits reduction, and harmful smoke release are the three major negative impacts caused by forest fires. Forest fire can produce a large amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and release smoke, which makes environment conditions worse and can harm human health. Additional timber loss due to forest fire causes timber industry loss as well. What’s more, fire monitoring, sustainable management, law enforcement, and afforestation are suggested in the paper as solutions in the recommendations section.
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eng
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2014-10-07
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
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10.14288/1.0075583
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Unreviewed
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Undergraduate
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