Wildfires In The West

 https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/west-coast-wildfires-09-14-2020/index.html  

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/11/weather/western-wildfires-climate-change-future/index.html

    According to the National Interagency Fire Center, 87 active large fires have burned more than 4.6 million acres in 10 states. In California, there have been 25+ fires. Many scientists believe that these fires are because of global warming. So far, the planet has warmed by an average of roughly 1.2 degrees Celsius since the 1880s, with human activity responsible for the majority of the increase. For the past 6 years, California would rise 1.8 to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than average. Even though that's not much, it is "sucking" out the moisture in plants, atmosphere, and soil. This is making everything more flammable. I think the reason why everything has lost its moisture is that in the past, we weren't paying enough attention to the alarming global indicators and since then, they have only exasperated. 

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  1. AnonymousOctober 18, 2020 at 3:14 PM

    I notice that plants are getting dryer because of the smoke in the atmosphere, caused by these fires. Us as people should be more cautious about how much pollution we are releasing, which is also drying out plants.

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