Washing smoke will kill approximately 1.4 meters every year by the end of the century if emissions are not curbed – study | forest fires
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Washing smoke is expected to kill up to 1.4 million people worldwide every year by the end of the century if the emissions of heating the planet are not curbed, according to a study published on Thursday.
A separate research, which was released on the same day, finds a similar rise in the death of wild smoke in the United States, where more than 70,000 people were appointed to die in America in this way by 2050 at the current rate of warming, up from 40,000 they die in this way every year at this time.
It is believed that breathing in smoke resulting from the burning forests is more than 10 times more than inhaling the other air pollution that fossil fuel burned, with scientists warning recently that the effect of this pollution has been severely reduced in terms of its effect on our health.
Washing smoke contains ash and soot that contains small molecules, called PM2.5, which, when inhaled, can be deeply avoided in people’s lungs and cause a group of respiratory and heart problems.
Access to this widespread threat – modern research estimated that 22,000 people in Europe were killed by the wild smoke columns coming from the vast forest fires in Canada in 2023, along with many deaths in North America.
The fire has always been a feature of landscapes, and can affect a variety of factors, such as forest management, and surroundings. The region around the world is already affected by forest fires Decline In the past two decades, mainly due to the change of agricultural practices, but, decisively, the number of people exposed to fire has grown significantly at this time.
The climate crisis is the driving force behind the direction of large and light fires, according to Mingao Cio, an air researcher at Stone Brock University. He said: “More warming and high beer in fuel means that the vegetation becomes drier, and therefore the high risk of wildness.”
QIU led the US -focused research, It was published in natureThis was found that it is expected that more than 71,000 people will die annually in the country by 2050 due to the smoke of the current warming.
The research found that the scene of many huge fires, including the current fire that threatens the state -floors of the state, will bear the burden of these deaths, but smoke will also make significant losses in the states such as New York and Texas.
If emissions are not reduced, the United States may suffer from annual economic compensation of $ 608 billion by 2050 due to wild smoke, and more than all other climate risk combined, at the appreciation of the authors.
“The smoke of the wildfire is the largest in terms of general health damage, and this is a new discovery,” said Marshall Burke, the environment scientist in Stanford and a co -author of the study. “The numbers are really striking.”
Forest fires are also an increasing global problem, as it witnessed huge fires in countries such as Canada, Spain and Portugal this year. However, a lot of damage caused by smoke on Africa is scheduled to suffer, according to another new study, It was also published in natureBy an international team of scholars.
The research estimates that 1.4 million people around the world will die by the end of the century due to the smoke of wildfire, more than six times more than the current death, but this burden will fall unequal. While the United States and Europe may suffer from a double in the death of smoke in the wildness, Africa is expected to be more affected, with 11 times than fire -related deaths compared to the current standards.
The risk of smoke in the long run will be reduced if the world finally can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, the number of deaths in the coming decades will be more affected by the shorter adaptation in the short term.
“If we want to reduce the effects in the next thirty years, the mitigation is important, but in reality it is not the main lever,” he said.
“The two main raises reduce the activity of severe forest fires through other methods, so fuel management, and the second, ensure that we are well protected when smoke occurs. At the present time, we are not well protected.”