Forest Fires, we have heard of them, we have all been effected by them. Anything from having a fire ban to inhaleing the smoke from British Columbia this summer to being directly in or by one.
Forest fires keep a healthy balanced ecosystem within a forest, but too many fires or too big of fires can completely destroy a ecosystem. Although forest fires can keep balance in an ecosystem, they can also completely destroy one too. When a forest fire is too big or they happen to often in a certain area they can unbalance the ecosystem which can keep the ecosystem from growing back, or in other words, destroy the ecosystem.
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Forest fires don't just effect the forest. Forest fires create mass amounts of smoke, which containes chemicals stored in the tree, such as carbon
dioxide and carbon monoxide, and ash
contributes greatly to air pollution. The smoke can effect people's health. By breathing in and othe chemicals in smoke, it can affect, or kill cells and tissues in your lungs. While in the area, smoke can also effect the visibility of people. Not to mention, forest fires are very dangerous, if caught in one, the fire could easily kill you, and the high consentration of smoke would keep enough oxygen from getting to your lungs and would make you faint.
In the end forest fires are very improtant to keep under control because they can cause a lot of damage to both our earth and our bodies. YOU can help by keeping YOUR fires undercontrol and disposing of any flame when you walk away from it. It is easy to stop this kind of pollution. do your part, it WILL help!
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