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Climate change has played a major role in the 5-fold increase in wildfire activity in CA and the western US over the past few decades. Which one of the following behaviors is not contributing to this increase in wildfire activity? More months of the year are warmer than normal as compared to several decades ago. Warmer temperatures are leading to greater evaporation of soil moisture, leading to dry soils and vegetation. Extreme rainfall events that are happening earlier in the fall than a few decades ago are encouraging the increased growth of vegetation that creates lots of additional fuel for fires. Record-breaking heat waves in the summers create lots of dry lightning (but often with little to no rain) Increasingly stronger winds during the warm months due to a warmer atmosphere allow fires to grow rapidly

Climate change has played a major role in the 5-fold increase in wildfire activity in CA and the western US over the past few decades. Which one of the following behaviors is not contributing to this increase in wildfire activity? More months of the year are warmer than normal as compared to several decades ago. Warmer temperatures are leading to greater evaporation of soil moisture, leading to dry soils and vegetation. Extreme rainfall events that are happening earlier in the fall than a few decades ago are encouraging the increased growth of vegetation that creates lots of additional fuel for fires. Record-breaking heat waves in the summers create lots of dry lightning (but often with little to no rain) Increasingly stronger winds during the warm months due to a warmer atmosphere allow fires to grow rapidly

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
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Climate change has played a major role in the 5-fold increase in wildfire activity in CA and the western US over the past few decades. Which one of the following behaviors is not contributing to this increase in wildfire activity? More months of the year are warmer than normal as compared to several decades ago. Warmer temperatures are leading to greater evaporation of soil moisture, leading to dry soils and vegetation. Extreme rainfall events that are happening earlier in the fall than a few decades ago are encouraging the increased growth of vegetation that creates lots of additional fuel for fires. Record-breaking heat waves in the summers create lots of dry lightning (but often with little to no rain) Increasingly stronger winds during the warm months due to a warmer atmosphere allow fires to grow rapidly
Transcribed Image Text:Climate change has played a major role in the 5-fold increase in wildfire activity in CA and the western US over the past few decades. Which one of the following behaviors is not contributing to this increase in wildfire activity? More months of the year are warmer than normal as compared to several decades ago. Warmer temperatures are leading to greater evaporation of soil moisture, leading to dry soils and vegetation. Extreme rainfall events that are happening earlier in the fall than a few decades ago are encouraging the increased growth of vegetation that creates lots of additional fuel for fires. Record-breaking heat waves in the summers create lots of dry lightning (but often with little to no rain) Increasingly stronger winds during the warm months due to a warmer atmosphere allow fires to grow rapidly
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