Sentences with phrase «likely widespread fires»
Whereas there were likely widespread fires as shown in the film, they would have been caused by toppled oil lamps rather than flaming projectiles.
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Fires and obstructive debris, for example, are likely to be widespread.
Western Wildfires — The increasingly destructive and widespread fire seasons of recent years are likely to continue due to a combination of increased drought and land development encroaching on naturally burning landscapes, along with a climate change — induced fuel boom (enhanced plant growth and a shift to more woody species) exacerbated by fire - suppression efforts leading to more abundant plant matter to fuel violent blazes, according to ecologist Dominique Bachelet of Oregon State University in Corvallis and The Nature Conservancy.
While the haze may contain dust, it is likely smoke from widespread fires in Southeast Asia.
And would likely dry forests to the extent that fires would be widespread and also release massive amounts of green house gases.
«With both the frequency of forest fires and warmer temperatures predicted to increase with climate change, widespread melt events are likely to happen much more frequently in the future,» Keegan says.
«During the worst of the storm from January 5 - 6, 2018, actual U.S. electricity market experience demonstrated that without the resilience of coal - and fuel oil / dual - firing plants... the eastern United States would have suffered severe electricity shortages, likely leading to widespread blackouts,» NETL researchers reported.