The planet is experiencing a massive loss of forest land as the world warms and allows severe wildfires to run rampant around the globe.
August 17, 2022, 5:03 AMFlames burn to the Klamath River during the McKinney Fire in the Klamath National Forest northwest of Yreka, Calif., July 31, 2022.The planet continues to experience a massive loss in forest land as the world warms and allowsOverall, forest fires are getting worse worldwide, according to a new report released Wednesday by Global Forest Watch, a forest monitoring platform led by the World Resources Institute.
In this handout photo released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service, May 10, 2022, A firefighter works at the scene of forest fire in Kurgan region, Russia.Forest fires also accounted for more than 25% of all tree cover loss in that past 20 years, with 2021 ranking as the second-worst fire season on record due to unprecedented damage to boreal forests in the Northern Hemisphere, according to the report.
Nearly 23 million acres of land -- an area the size of Thailand or roughly 16 soccer pitches per minute -- were scorched globally last year, according to the report. The rate of tree cover loss due to fire is increasing by about 568,000 acres -- roughly 4% -- every year. A handout aerial picture released by Greenpeace showing smoke billowing from a fire in the Amazon forest in the municipality of Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, July 27, 2022.In tropical forests, which are moist and wet environments, stand-replacing fires were historically rare events. However, fire loss in the tropics is increasing about 5% per year, which is an annual increase of about 89,000 acres, the experts said.
The top five countries that experienced tree cover loss over the past 20 years were Russia, at 131 million acres; Canada, at 66.7 million acres; the U.S., at 29.7 million acres; Brazil, at 23.5 million acres; and Australia, at 15.6 million acres. Extreme weather caused a significant spike in
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