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== Card #35: Forest Fires == | |||
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Forest fires start and spread more easily during droughts and heatwaves. | |||
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== Correction== | == Correction== | ||
===Causes=== | ===Causes=== | ||
* [[En-en_adult_card_30_droughts|Droughts]] | * [[En-en_adult_card_30_droughts|Droughts]] | ||
* [[En-en_adult_card_36_heat_waves|Heat Waves]] | * [[En-en_adult_card_36_heat_waves|Heat Waves]] | ||
=== Consequences === | === Consequences === | ||
* [[En-en adult card 38 human health|Human health]] 630 people died in Californian wildfires in autumn 2018. | |||
== Other possible links == | == Other possible links == | ||
=== Other | === Other consequences === | ||
[[En-en adult card 6 deforestation|Deforestation]] | * [[En-en adult card 6 deforestation|Deforestation]] Deforestation is partly done by burning the forest, which can then degenerate into uncontrolled fire. This is what happened in the summer of 2019 in the Amazon and Australia. | ||
* [[En-en adult card 10 aerosols|Aerosols]] Smoke from wildfires has been shown to carry toxic particles. | |||
* [[En-en adult card 25 terrestrial biodiversity|Terrestrial biodiversity]] This is a more minor link, except for specific biodiversity-rich areas. | |||
* [[En-en adult card 32 decline agricultural yields|Decline of agricultural yields]] Generally forests burn better than wheat fields. | |||
== To go further == | == To go further == | ||