Wildfire

one I will be talking about is wildfires since it is impacted by climate change in a huge way. Wildfires are large, destructive fires that are started then spread fast over trees and brush. Three ways wildfires are affected by humans are: burning fossil fuels, leaving campfires unattended, and leaving cigarettes lit. In this CER, I will support the claim that burning fossil fuels best demonstrates the effect increased CO2 from human activities are having on wildfires. There is lots of evidence…

The Blame Game: An analysis of the 2015 Indonesian Wildfires and the 2009 Australian “Black Saturday Bushfires” The Indonesian wildfires of 2015 and the Australian black Saturday bushfires of 2009 are both major disasters that caused severe damages and many casualties, but with different controversies surrounding them. The many lives lost in Victoria Australia brought a major discussion about hazard response, vulnerability and human rights on the agenda. In Indonesia the controversies around…

Proposal 1: Plant Diversity and Competition in Montana Sagebrush Steppe; Post Wildfire In Montana, 44,103 square kilometers are classified as big sagebrush steppe. In addition to this, 16,346 square kilometers are classified as Montane Sagebrush Steppe (fieldguide.mt.gov). These ecosystems alone take up nearly 16% of Montana’s land (15.87%). These lands are normally dominated by Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis, and other native shrubs along with diverse perennial herbaceous graminoid…

With global warming being a large contributing factor, frequency of wildfires in the Western United States is increasing and there will be longer fire seasons. When early spring runoff begins earlier on, summer heat increases at a faster rate and last longer going into fall. The Western forest becomes very dry and more susceptible to fires within a month after snowmelt, witch is melting about 1 to 4 weeks earlier than it used to 50 years ago. Summertime temperatures in the area are expected to…

emissions (Lashof). That is just one small part of the pie unfortunately. There are a whole lot of situations causing global warming, but electric power plants are just one part of the climate crisis. Global warming is also happening because of wildfires, transportation, and mass deforestation. The first…

catastrophe as a wildfire burned across Northern California. This is really bad news not only for U.S. citizens as the blazes have killed 17 people so far and the environment due to the deforestation, but also bad news for the U.S economic because it caused only in property damage an estimate of $65 billion. According to CoreLogic, around 172,117 homes in Santa Rosa and Napa regions are at some level of risk. These homes located in these regions are considered at risk because the wildfire are…

acted on now. Climate change can cause major issues that can destroy the desert terrain, like wildfires and an increase in drought. A statistic by Erika Spanger-Siegfried from the Union of Concerned Scientists states that “ Wildfires in the western United States have been increasing in frequency and duration since the mid-1980s, occurring nearly four…

in order to persuade the viewer to buy the product or be part of a service. The advertisement I chose to analyze is Smokey the Bear. Smokey the Bear was first seen in a 1944 poster in which he is asking American folks to help prevent human-caused wildfires. Wearing just dungaree jeans and a ranger yellow hat with his name labeled on it and holding a shovel, Smokey the Bear has become a well-known American symbol. This ad was successful in the use of plain folk, emotional appeal, and loaded…

droughts, they’re a mega problem. A Mega drought is a drought that has been going on for at least two decades. NASA claims there could be a nationwide Mega drought due to carbon emissions. This could mean lack of or no water, the heat would be intense, wildfires, and many deathes. A lack of rain would mean that there wouldn’t be a lot of water for crops, which means very few crops. In addition, with no crops and the risk of hackers taking down the stock market (that’s a different story) there…

temperature and lead to an increased risk and severity of wildfires not just in Western America, but all over the world. With the global average temperature on the rise as a result of climate change, earlier snowpack melts combined with longer heat and dry spells lengthen the wildfire seasons and open up room for more damage to be done. Looking specifically at the Western United States, an area consistently ravaged by powerful wildfires, the average annual temperature in the region was…