There might, indeed, be a need to make it easier to thin dying or dead trees out of thickly forested areas, reducing the fuel for wildfires. But the problem is actually more complicated. Even if dead trees are removed, the dry bushes act like kindling (引火物) when wildfires spread. Eve...
On a hot summer day, when drought conditions peak, something as small as a spark from a train car's wheel striking the track can ignite a raging wildfire. Sometimes, fires occur naturally, ignited by heat from the sun or a lightning strike. However, the majority of wildfires are the resu...
We askedChris Migliaccio, a toxicologist at the University of Montana who studies the impact of wildfire smoke on human health, about the health risks people can face when smoke blows in from distant wildfires. What’s in wildfire smoke that’s a problem...
These three ingredients form in different ways to start a wildfire. The causes of a wildfire can be either of the two–manmade or natural. The main causes of wildfires are: Lightning This is one of the main culprits behind wildfires, and causes the most area burned of any type of wildfi...
B.Endangered species are paid more attention to by humans.C.Species can still survive when their ecosystems are destroyed.D.Ecosystem protection is as important as diversity protection.(2)What does the underlined word "ecocide" in paragraph 2 mean? A.Ecosystem protection.B.Reduction of the ...
A. deadB. alsoC ofD. ifE. howF. timeWildfires (野火) happen every year in Australia. Climate change makes wildfire season a more serious problem. The fires are destroying more land than before and are killing millions (1)___ animals. However, aboriginal Australians (澳大利亚土著人) know ...
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Having more tools to help detect wildfires is great. But whenever I hear about such efforts, I’m struck by a couple of major challenges for this field. AdvertisementFirst, prevention of any sort can often be undervalued, since a problem that never happens feels much less urgent than one ...
Well, we have a much better handle on how expensive climate change is. 我们对气候变化的代价有多昂贵有了更好的把握。 And the numbers here are huge. 这个数字很庞大。 So, for example, the cost of disasters - severe hurricanes, floods, wildfires, heat waves, droughts - they cause at least...
Rain has improved air quality in the Philadelphia region but wildfires are expected to continue to be a problem throughout the summer. New research says that wildfire smoke is dangerous to your body. Stephanie Stahl reports with details on the new study.Jul 20, 2023 ...