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Instaling Forest Fire12/28/2023 ![]() Many variables contribute to whether an ecosystem can recover quickly from a fire, including any previous fire-resistant adaptations, the strength of the fire and total land mass destroyed.Ī research team from Australian National University found that forests’ ability to recover from a fire can stretching to more than 80 years. Higher-intensity fires therefore end up in further erosion, inhibiting the process of natural rehabilitation. The denser the vegetation before a fire and the longer a fire persists, the more severe the effects will be on soil and ground cover. Low-intensity fires should occur in a healthy ecosystem every five to 25 years, but we are now seeing more top-heavy fires that occur almost every year. However, with the increasing intensity and frequency of fires, the normal cycle is beginning to shift. To preface, forest fires have been and still are quite integral to the normal cycles of a forest. With so many recent California wildfires, many people will start to think about the timescale of ecosystem rehabilitation and when forests will go back to “normal.” It appeared as if a fire had just occurred, although it had been quite a long time. Last spring while I was driving to Yosemite, many of the trees from fires from years past were still black and charred. It is almost apocalyptic as you pass through, with all semblance of a once-thriving ecosystem erased in a matter of minutes. ![]() The trees are charred black, leaves are nonexistent and no wildlife seems present. ![]() ![]() Driving past a forest that is ravaged by a fire can often look like going through a scorched ghost town. ![]()
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