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   How do Wildfires affect people?

   • While poor air quality and scorched earth are a fire’s most visible impacts, wildfires affect people, the environment and even cities in multiple ways — from harming economies to heightening flood risks. Here are five examples of how wildfires affect people hundreds or even thousands of miles away:

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   Are wildfires a serious health risk?

   • A new topic on the agenda this year is how wildfires are emerging as a serious health risk not just to those in their immediate vicinity, but even to people thousands of miles away. Last summer, smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted not only as far south as the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, but even across the Atlantic Ocean.

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   Are wildfires a problem?

   • It’s also a problem that’s worsening. Although wildfire is an important ecological process in many forest ecosystems, and prescribed burns can be an effective forest management tactic, declining forest health, climate change, and development in areas with high fire risk are causing wildfires to become catastrophic.

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   Are extreme wildfires putting people and nature at risk?

   • The origins and behavior of extreme wildfire are complex. Because of this, there’s no one way to address the challenges they pose. "In a warmer world, we're already seeing more extreme wildfires that put both people and nature at risk," says Katharine Hayhoe, Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy.

   Yes, Climate Change is Raising the Risks of Extreme Wildfires

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   Are wildfires becoming more frequent?

   • Although fires have long been part of natural history, scientists are voicing concern that recent fires are becoming more frequent, more intense and more widespread. In recent years, the widespread devastation of wildfires has dominated headlines around the world, as millions of acres were destroyed and thousands of people left homeless.

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   Are extreme wildfires more dangerous than two decades ago?

   • According to their new research, this is a fairly recent phenomenon: extreme wildfires, the kind that killed more than 130 people in Chile earlier in 2024, happen twice as often and are doubly destructive compared with two decades ago. Read more: Extreme wildfires have doubled in just 20 years – here's the science

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2. theconversation.com › why-wildfires-are-gettingWhy wildfires are getting more dangerous - The Conversation

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   Aug 7, 2024 · The combustion of coal, oil and gas is the main reason the world is burning more frequently, more intensely and for longer. Climate change has made typically dry wildfire-prone regions even drier...

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3. www.scientificamerican.com › article › the-worstThe Worst Wildfires Are Started by People. Here’s How

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   Nov 1, 2023 · Statewide, 95 percent of all wildfires are reportedly human-caused. Thomas, along with Brent Skaggs, a retired U.S. Forest Service forest fire management officer, used public Forest...

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   Jul 9, 2024 · One of their key findings was that wildfire risks in some areas of the world would increase, while in other areas, it would actually decrease. A rapid decrease in wildfires could actually imperil ecosystems that have long evolved to depend on fire regimes.

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   Aug 1, 2021 · In recent years, the widespread devastation of wildfires has dominated headlines around the world, as millions of acres were destroyed and thousands of people left homeless. Fires in the western...

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   Jul 16, 2021 · The danger from flames and smoke is growing as blazes spread more swiftly and unpredictably as a consequence of climate change. Here are answers to five important questions. Share full article ...

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   Jun 9, 2023 · While poor air quality and scorched earth are a fire’s most visible impacts, wildfires affect people, the environment and even cities in multiple ways — from harming economies to heightening flood risks. Here are five examples of how wildfires affect people hundreds or even thousands of miles away: 1) Wildfires Can Create Hazardous Air

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   Nov 30, 2023 · A new topic on the agenda this year is how wildfires are emerging as a serious health risk not just to those in their immediate vicinity, but even to people thousands of miles away.