Rising Temperatures Could Mean More Wildfires
09/11/2013
A firefighter walks through an burning area near Yosemite National Park in California.
From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is! I’m Mario Ritter.
On our show today, we hear from two weather experts. We hear from one scientist who gets close to tornadoes to learn more about the destructive storms.
“I invented the Doppler on Wheels back in the 1990s because I was frustrated that we couldn’t see enough detail inside tornados and hurricanes.
But first we hear how climate change may affect wildfires. One, soon-to-be-released report says huge fires may become more common in the future.
Could Warming Temperatures Mean Fiercer Wildfires?
Powerful, intense fires have been burning out of control in parts of the western United States.
In a new report, scientists are predicting more and bigger wildfires over bigger areas and for longer periods in the western United States. But, some people say rising temperatures on our planet could be partly to blame for the severity of wildfires.
Steve Ember has more from a report by VOA’s Rosanne Skirble.
Fires in the United States have gotten worse since the 1970s. Scientists at Harvard University in Massachusetts looked at past weather conditions and wildfires to find out why. Atmospheric chemist Loretta Mickley is a researcher and helped to organize a new study. She says high temperatures and rainfall in other years can create the conditions for large fires.
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