How does global warming make bush fires?
by 
Macy Havok
ANSWERS: 5
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Umm, well if the weather is warmer and the vegetation is extremely dry it can catch on fire more easily. Not sure how exactly to attribute that to global warming, since I'm sure it's been happening since the dawn of time.
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Global warming makes certain hot areas of the world even hotter. Therefore risk of bush fires is increased because the area is dryer. But global warming doesn't cause the actual fires as such, the fires can be caused by a number of factors mainly human activities such as campfires, equipment and machinery, agricultural burnings getting out of control and deliberate causes, like children playing with matches and maliciously caused fires. 74% of bushfires are caused by humans and the other 26% are caused by lightning strikes.
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It doesn't.
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Well, if you saw "Day After Tomorrow", you know that global warming turns the atmosphere upside-down. The part they didn't show is that right before that happens, the atmosphere turns perpendicular to the earth. So, then it becomes like a lens, focusing the sunlight like a magnifying glass on an ant and causes fires. All answers are in the movies, if we just pay attention. :D
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I grew up in Southern California. We had to worry about brush fires even back in the 1970's when scientist were warning that we were headed into another ice age. The problem is that area is a desert. It has always been dry there. Additionally, we humans have done our best to stop areas from burning. The problem arises from the fact that fire is a natural part of the life cycle in wild areas. Before we learned to stop range fires, they would sweep through periodically and remove the brush. However, since we have been putting fires out, the brush has just kept building up. Now we are to the point in many places where the brush has reached critical levels. So, when fires do start, they have lots of fuel. So, they burn much hotter and more swiftly. This just makes them all the more dangerous. So, if you want to blame humans for the fires in Southern California, then do so for the right reason. It is not global warming that has caused these fires. It is man's misguided efforts to interfere with the nature cycle of fires in wild lands that is at fault.
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