Sentences with phrase «create dangerous fire»
Drought and extreme heat dried vegetation and peat bogs, creating dangerous fire conditions.
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ Not exact matches
As a consequence we fight the overwhelming elements in New Orleans, we build homes on flood plains, we build cities on earthquake faults, we expand into deep forests which natures regularly refreshes with fire, we put reservoirs in dangerous places, we create great open sores on our land and watch Nature fill them with poison (Berkeley Pit).
Those fires all release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, creating a dangerous feedback loop of increasing temperatures and worsening wildfire conditions.
Perhaps most important, we can slow down the dangerous amplification that is created when forest fires and melting permafrost emit more and more carbon, leading to hotter conditions, which favor more fires and melting permafrost, and so on in a loop that locks in more severe changing climate.
In fact, if we continue on our current path of high heat - trapping emissions, the region is projected to see forest fires during June and July at two to three times its current rate.2, 6 Some 1 billion metric tons of organic matter and older - growth trees could burn7, 15 — accelerating the release of stored carbon and creating a dangerous global warming amplification or feedback loop.5, 14
One report says «The International Association of Firefighters supports bans on these chemicals because firefighters have been shown to be at much higher risk of cancer, heart, lung and other debilitating diseases caused by the dangerous gases created when fire retardants burn.
«It shall be unlawful for any owner of personal property to fail or refuse to comply with the orders of the manager of housing and code enforcement to remove from the premises abandoned vehicles, appliances, vehicle parts and / or any other piece or pieces of personal property if such personal property is dangerous to the public health, safety or welfare; or creates an unsightly condition upon such property tending to reduce the value thereof; or is a nuisance; or invites plundering; or promotes urban blight and deterioration in the community; or creates a fire hazard; or violates the zoning regulations of the city.»
This of course, creates an incredibly dangerous situation because you could be unaware of a fire or carbon monoxide problem.