As Canada and the U.S. continue to feel the lasting effects of the ongoing wildfires, environmental experts are pushing for long-term changes that they say can mitigate the damage from future blazes.
Smoke rises from hotspots flaring up in the Kimiwan wildfire complex in Northern Sunrise County, Alberta, Canada, June 24, 2023.raging in the Great White North, environmental experts are pushing for long-term changes that they say can mitigate the damage from future blazes.
Smoke rises from hotspots flaring up in the Kimiwan wildfire complex in Northern Sunrise County, Alberta, Canada, June 24, 2023.Gray, who has studied wildfires in both the U.S. and Canada, said that higher temperatures, and dryer conditions have left the land in the eastern Canadian wilderness more susceptible to larger wildfires.Even one lightning strike on a tree or brush could be detrimental as there is much more wood to keep the fire burning for a long time.
"Because of the size of the fires, the weather is going to be the only thing now that's going put them out. That means major rain, and in some areas, possibly snowfall," Gray said. These satellite images from June 6, from top left, June 7, June 25, and June 27, 2023, show the wind movement from wildfire smoke in Quebec, Canada.But even without that national oversight, Gradek said that emergency response teams can start to implement mitigation techniques that have been proven to curb forest fires.
Negar Elhami-Khorasani, an associate professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering at the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, told ABC News that at the very least local and federal governments should come up with policies and strategies that provide fair warning about the dangers of the wildfires.Chris Young/AP
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