wild fire

Question 1

greece 2018 - Attica

causes

Answer 1

suffered from low rainfall over the winter so soils were still dry.
second deadliest wildfire (in terms of deaths)
it also suffered from a 3 week European heatwave in the summer creating ideal wildfire conditions

Question 2

impacts of the wildfire

Answer 2

there were 102 deaths making it the second deadliest wildfire (in terms of deaths
and it spread quickly due to strong winds.
little government intevention

Question 3

impacts in relation to water and carbon

general

Answer 3

● quickly changed from a carbon store to a carbon store as rapid combustion occured.
● localised pollution of the atmosphere affecting water supply’s
● lack of vegetation so area more vunerable to more wildfires
● increased flood risk due to unstable, dry soils as a result of reduced interception and infiltration = increased overland flow

Question 4

evaluative points

Answer 4

wildfires can occur naturally (ignited by lightening)
and can promote new growth and sucession, renew older species and create new species
as more world becomes urbanised it provides more risk, making areas more vunerable to wildfires