“Wildfire Climate Connection.” National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 8 Aug. 2022, https://www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfire/wildfire-climate-connection. 

 

The article states that climate change has caused extreme heat, extended drought which lead to an increased number of forest fires throughout the United States. The lack of moisture in fuels such as trees and shrubs have a strong correlation with climate change. The lack of rain and extreme rise in temperature have set the stage of an extravagant wildfire season from 2020 to 2022. Research stated that these dry and drought conditions will continue to extend fire seasons longer and become more intense every year. 

 

This article is related to environmental science because it shows the effects climate change has on the environment. This issue will only get worse year by year because the United States does not have many treaties or regulations limiting its citizens with greenhouse gas emissions. It is important for the government in prone wildfire areas to be extra cautious when it comes to how they spend their water and numbers of greenhouse emissions. All citizens in these areas are affected from fires and are all in danger of possible destruction due to them.