Birds are changing their behavior and activities due to climate change
Climate change is preventing birds from reproducing. Scientists have already found out that changes in natural and climatic conditions have a negative impact on the population of seabirds. Accelerating trends in climate change on the planet are confirmed by new patterns in the behavior of animals and birds of Western Taimyr. New studies show that increasing tropical storms threaten seabirds. Southern birds and spiders get to the Arctic through “corridors” that have appeared due to the melting of permafrost.
Increased number of extreme forest fires due to climate change has become a global problem
Energetically extreme fires have a huge impact on the Earth system, releasing huge plumes of smoke into the atmosphere comparable to volcanic eruptions. They release vast stores of carbon and cause severe damage to ecosystems and societies, sometimes destroying entire cities or suburbs. A new study published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution has tracked the rapid increase in energetically extreme wildfires across the planet over the past two decades.
Jet fuel and fires are new global air pollutants
Wildfires in Canada have emitted more CO2 than almost all of the world’s countries combined in a year. They have released 647 million tons of carbon atoms into the atmosphere, equivalent to 2.4 billion tons of carbon dioxide. Ultrafine particles from jet fuel pose a health risk.