Alaska is on fire, fires are consuming the land of ice and breaking the rules of nature!

Arab Weather - The US state of Alaska is witnessing a wave of intense wildfires, as firefighters continue their efforts to control the flames consuming vast areas of land. There are currently 376 active fires in Alaska, with the burned area exceeding 261,000 acres. Dry winds and high temperatures continue to make it more difficult to control the flames.

The Scientific Reasons for Alaska's Wildfires

1- Abnormal temperature and temperatures rising by more than 10 degrees Celsius above the normal rate.

Arab Weather forecasters said that Alaska is experiencing unusual heat waves this summer, with temperatures more than 10 degrees Celsius higher than average. This causes moisture to evaporate from the soil and plants, leaving forests dry and easily flammable.

2- Long-term drought due to climate change

In recent years, large areas of Alaska have suffered from severe rainfall shortages and the dominance of high-pressure systems during the winter due to the disruption of the global atmospheric system caused by climate change. This has caused trees and soil to dry out, increasing the likelihood of wildfires spreading rapidly and making them more difficult to contain.

3- Abundance of plant fuel

The accumulation of dead plants, fallen wood, and trees killed by pests provides huge amounts of combustible fuel, and some of this plant material burns violently and violently when caught in a fire.

4- Dry lightning

In remote areas of Alaska, thunderstorms with little or no rain produce lightning that ignites dry forests without being extinguished by rain. The U.S. Fire Center notes that a large percentage of Alaska's fires this summer started this way.

5- Global warming and climate change

Alaska is one of the regions in the world most affected by climate change, warming at twice the rate of the rest of the planet, leading to earlier glacial melt and an increased wildfire season.