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Low-intensity fires burn close to the ground, “cleaning” and thinning the forest by removing thick and flammable vegetation from the forest floor. High-severity fires burn with high heat, climb into and remove the tree canopy, and can scorch the soil and tree roots.
1 Ιουν 2023 · The forest fires impacts are not restricted to the area under fire but the far away areas due to transportation of huge amount of ash, carbon and toxic material through air and water. The smoke of forest fires may have adverse effects upon the human respiratory system.
9 Ιουν 2023 · 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.
1 Ιαν 2024 · Drought, disease, insect infestations, overgrazing, or their combined effects can amplify the negative effects on specific plant genera and entire ecosystems. In addition to the immediate consequences of plant mortality and altered community dynamics, forest fires have far-reaching implications.
16 Δεκ 2021 · Fire is a primary disturbance in the world’s forested ecosystems and its impacts are projected to increase in many regions due to global climate change. Fire impacts have been studied for decades, but integrative assessments of its effects on multiple ecosystem services (ES) across scales are rare.
Prescribed burning, improved maintenance of infrastructure, awareness raising and education on fire prevention, and policy interventions such as fire bans can reduce the risk of forest fires. Protecting forests from deforestation and degradation also improve forest resilience to fire.
Wildfires are increasing around the globe in frequency, severity and duration, heightening the need to understand the health effects of wildfire exposure. The risk of wildfires grows in extremely dry conditions, such as drought, heat waves and during high winds.
