Earth: Wild Fires Burning Up

Scientist are noticing a trend in the wildfires that burned in the U.S.
on the average of acres burned over time

There has been a deep concern in the past year about how the weather is a hazard for hot states. In the state of Arizona there has been research since a wildfire cause by a lighting strike in Yarnell, Arizona. In was a hot, dry day when the fire vastly spread causing 19 firefighters died trying to put out the 8,400 acres of burning land. This all took place the summer of last year, which is a basis to the concern people are having of possible fires this year.

There rapid spreading fires are becoming more common in the United States as the years progress, being the climate change the worst enemy in this case. The increase of temperature in the Earth's atmosphere causes hotter temperatures that makes snow to melt faster in the year and make droughts worse. These dry seasons makes fires last longer, weaken plants and dry out vegetation that is a source that can cause fires to spread easily.

This is a situation that impacts anyone who is aware of it, specially the people who live in dry states. But due to technology advances, "... scientists are getting better at predicting where and were the fires might occur, which helps firefighters prepare to stop them before they get out of control,"says Gregg Garfin in Science Daily. This is a relief for many people and is a relief for many other countries that may be going through the same thing. Thing like this have never been a great concern in El Salvador, but there is a dry season (summer). It is of great concern that anything like this may occur in this small country, but people need to be prepared for anything disastrous that may happen.

Firefighter in California earlier this year
(another dry state to be concerned about)

MLA

Warren, StephanieRosen, RaphaelGuarino, BenHerman, DebbieRoss, Valerie. "Science News." Science World 70.2 (2013): 2. MAS Ultra - School Edition. Web. 29 Sept. 2013.

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