Hell on Earth: The Wildfire Pandemic
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Only Hurricane Katrina rivaled California's 2007 wildfires for infernal destructiveness. The 2007 wildland fire season reported 85,583 fires and burned 9,318,710 acres. Prior to 2005, the yearly fire season in California traditionally ran from June 1 until October 31; since 2005, the notion of an official fire season has been abandoned. Fire season now runs from January 1 through December 31. Since 1986, according to the journal Science, longer, warmer summers have resulted in a four-fold increase in the number of major wildfires in the United States and a six-fold increase in the area of forest burned, compared to the period from 1970 to 1986. Global warming is a prominent factor in the proliferation of major wildfires throughout the world since year 2000. While arson and other human activities are the primary causes of fires, the ferocity of the blazes and the amount of fuel available to feed them are directly related to the state of world climates as they have been affected by global warming. Book jacket.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0765352540
ISBN13:9780765352545
Release Date:July 2012
Publisher:Forge
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 4.3" x 7.4"
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