As you may have heard, tremendous wildfires have been occurring along the West Coast of the United States Of America. These fires have continued to spread through a number of states in this particular region, including Oregon and California. While firefighters have been vigorously attempting to distinguish them, the fires continue to rapidly travel over miles of land, ravaging infrastructure, displacing thousands of families, and devastating the environment.
Scientists claim that the wildfires plaguing California and other parts of the western United States are the worst in 18 years, with vast amounts of thick smoke affecting large areas of North America and even reaching Northern Europe. The fires, which began in mid-August in California and Colorado, are 'significantly more intense than the 2003-2019 average for the whole country and the affected states,' according to data from Europe's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).
Moreover, the fires have proved detrimental to the environment, releasing large amounts of carbon emissions that pollute our atmosphere. Vast amounts of smoke have grown to such an extent that satellites are now able to trace the pollutants from space. The sky has also adopted an unusual, sickly orange tinge, which is especially apparent in California and other states in the western region of the U.S.
These calamitous and violent fires have engulfed the West Coast of America in fear and anguish while the overpowering smoke has cast a dark pall over the skies and worsened the world’s prevalent climate-change disaster.
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Written by: Aniah White
Edited by: Jamie Kim & Paige Inocencio
Infographic created by: Sadiya Shahabuddin