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In the Canadian province of Alberta, 80,000 people have been ordered to evacuate the Fort McMurray area, where a wildfire has burned 1,600 buildings and more than 10,000 hectares (about 24,700 acres). The cause of the fire is unknown, but "very high temperatures, low relative humidities and some strong winds" are said to favor its spread.
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(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Thursday May 05 2016, @02:33PM
Global Warming is making wildfires worse and more common.
One experiment run at Biosphere 2 showed that plants grow faster when there is more CO2 in the air.
(Score: 2) by dry on Friday May 06 2016, @06:21AM
There's been a lot of fires in Western Canada the last few years, even here on the coast things got pretty scary last year, what with the drought and warm weather. This spring it has been fairly dry and we keep breaking record high temperatures.
As for CO2 causing plants to grow faster, it seems to be a short term thing as other nutrients run out, and besides turning the north greener just means it's darker and absorbs more solar heat, especially comparing white versus green.
Even further south, the light green deciduous trees are being replaced by darker green conifers.