Causes of wildfires in Canada

The hot and dry climate, the large number and wide distribution of wildfires are the main driving factors for the continuous spread of fires and mountain fires in Canada.

human activities are constantly producing a large number of greenhouse gases, and the global temperature is rising due to various factors. It causes the climate to get warmer and the sinking speed becomes faster. It will cause the humidity in the air to drop greatly, which will reduce the combustion conditions of fuel. Climate change will bring high temperature and dry weather, which will accelerate the spread of wildfire and the rising temperature, thus accelerating the process of climate change and forming a vicious circle.

The high temperature in Alberta, Canada is 1 to 15 degrees Celsius higher than the normal temperature in previous years, which leads to a dry climate and makes the vegetation easy to catch fire. In western Canada, including Alberta, different degrees of field fires often occur after spring every year. Due to the continuous drought and high temperature weather in Canada, the wildfire season began to be extremely intense, and the sky was filled with smoke. Wildfires have occurred in many provinces in Canada, and they are also caused by natural phenomena such as lightning and dense trees.

The impact of wildfires in Canada

The area of forest fires in Canada has expanded to 1,1 square kilometers, with more than 4 wildfires burning, most of which are out of control, and nearly 1, people have been forced to evacuate. 3.8 million hectares of land in Canada have been burned. The fire area of forest fires in Canada has reached 5, square kilometers. Canadian government officials said that this fire situation has become the most serious year since Canada entered the 21st century.

the fire area has reached more than 9, square kilometers, continuously setting a new record. According to the relevant data of the Canadian Forest Fire Center, the cumulative fire area of forest fires in Canada has reached 122, square kilometers, which is equivalent to more than 6% of Korea's land area. There are still about 1, wildfires burning in Canada, of which more than 38 are located in British Columbia and more than 23 are located in Northwest China.