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Global Warming, Forest Fires and Other Natural Phenomenon

We have all heard of global warming, but most people are not cognizant of all the effects that have been traced back to global warming. Global warming has been tied to a number of disastrous effects. From more earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, undersea earthquakes, and various other natural disasters, global warming is poised to have an all-encompassing effect on our planet.

One of the areas where global warming may also have a very strong effect is the issue of forest fires. In recent years, researchers and analysts have tracked the insurgence in forest fires, mostly in the Western United States. In the United States, forest fires have occurred more frequently than ever before. According to a recent research paper that is published in the journal Science in July of 2006, the underlying cause for the insurgence in forest fires in the Western United States is causing many more forest fires.

Not only are forest fires in the Western United States becoming much more frequent, they are also becoming more intense, the current research tells us. The forest fires that are plaguing the Western United States are burning longer than ever before. The forest fires that are plaguing in the Western United States are also covering much more acres in recent years than ever before. According to a recent research project put out by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography as well as the University of Arizona found that the current range of large wildfires have become as four times as large in recent years as they were in the years before 1987.

In recent years, the forest fires that have burned in the United States have burned more nearly seven percent more land than the average fire two decades ago. The recent wildfires in the Western United States have shown that the average wildfire has grown in the length of time that it burns. Recent research has pointed to how the average Western wildfire has grown in recent years from seven days to 37 days. The average length of the Western forest fire season has grown to a rough average of 78 days.

What are some of the consequences of this change in Western wildfires in the United States? The increased length of individual fires and the entire fire season has caused an overall change in temperature. In general, the temperature has raised an average of 1.5 degree Fahrenheit in the American West. Many researchers point to global warming and the insurgence of Western United States wildfires.

Wildfires help increase the warm temperature and contribute to the long dry spells that have been plaguing the American arid West. Research has shown that the increase in the length and severity of wildfires in the Western United States corresponds with the overall effects of global warming in this part of the world. Moreover, it is a type of vicious cycle: global warming makes the forest fires grow more severe, and the increase in forest fires makes the effects of global warming more severe.

Although many people believe that the current research is more related to forest management, the core issue at hand is related to global warming. The real core issue at hand is not merely preventing forest fires, but preventing the growth of global warming. If global climate change can be managed, the effects of Western wildfires can be expected to be reduced. However, if global warming continues to grow unchecked, we can expect that the forest fires that have plagued and spread throughout the Western United States will only continue to grow. Not only will forest fires continue to increase, including hurricanes and other natural disasters.