Category: Wildfires
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Wildfires and Wildlife Habitat Impacts
Introduction Wildfire devastation is not simply contained to the natural environment across grasslands and forests. Fires often force vegetation and wildlife to the edge of death due to habitat destruction. With the lessening amounts of forestry available to reside in, as well as the altering patters of migration, wildlife on the ground and in the…
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Wildfires and its Effects on Human Health
Introduction Wildfires and climate change are two significant topics among today’s headlines. Often times, the impacts that are seen either first hand or secondary are to the environmental aspect of the hazard. Remaining issues such as economic, safety, humanitarian response, and infrastructure stability to wildfires are often seen following the devastation that comes with the…
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Ocean Warming is Affecting North Atlantic Right Whales
Today we will be discussing aquatic species in the North Atlantic Ocean, and how climate change is affecting them. We will focus primarily on the North Atlantic right whale. Warming oceans, rising seas, droughts, ocean acidification are some factors that are affecting the quantity and distribution of aquatic species on the Northeastern U. S.…
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Burning Holes in the Pocket-Wildfire Economics
Introduction Wildfires provide a plethora of dangers across the landscape. Quite often, these hazards can be visually seen. However, there remains secondary hazards and issues that are not often seen but can cause similar or additional damages, resulting in short and long-term impacts. One of these “hidden hazards” comes in the form of economic impacts.…
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Burning Alive: Wildfire Devastation
Introduction Wildfires bring several dangers and impacts to the wildlife, physical structures, and humans within the local region. Each fire contains it’s own identity in size, intensity, impacts, and other attributes. The previous blog within this series focused on the underlying positive affects of wildfires, primarily within the ecosystem. Although great changes can occur with…
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Bering Sea Species
When someone mentions the Bering Sea, the first thought that would probably come to mind is tumultuous seas and Alaskan King crab. In today’s blog post, we will be talking about the Bering Sea, and how climate change is having an affect on the creatures that inhabit these cold northern waters. For those who may…
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Wildfires: A Breath of Fresh Air
The Early Misconceptions While wildfires can cause significant damage and destruction, there are several benefits to these fires occurring. Even with added benefits to the ecosystem and society, they are often secondary sights to individuals not trained in respect to this topic. Fire, devastation, and loss of life are often the common fear associated with…
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How Climate Change Is Affecting Aquatic Species
Hello everyone my name is Troy Wilson and I am a Meteorology major at California University of Pennsylvania. In the days and weeks ahead, I will be posting a number of blogs about climate change, focusing on the negative affects that climate change has on freshwater and saltwater species in various locations around the…
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Introduction to Wildfires
Focal Region of United States of America Wildfire’s Wide-Ranging Impacts: Wildfires affect millions of individuals across the world with primary or secondary impacts. The most common idea of a wildfire relates to the removal of forests and homes via fire and destruction. However, several other issues arise when the forest burns. Although there aren’t direct…
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