Worksheet 3.3
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PUBLISHED FOR EVERYBODY ROUND THE EARTH
Global vegetation fire maps and statistics on forest fires in Europe (1985 - 1997)
1. Global Web Fire Map
Visit the following website:
Click on GLOBAL - GLOBAL and then make a selection. If you click on OPEN MAP you will see the latest Gobal Web Fire Map.
You may need a bit of patience here, this is large and takes a while to load!
Exercise 1:
Zoom in to Europe and write down all places where forest fires are burning at the moment.
Exercise 2:
Choose a country or a region and search the web for newspaper articles on this topic. What are the main reasons for forest fires? Write down what you can find out.
2. Statistics and maps on forest fires in Europe (1985-1997)
Statistics and maps on forest fires in Europe (1985 - 1997)
|
Country |
size of fire area in ha/year |
fire area in total in ha |
number of forest fires |
time before |
duration of the forest fire (in min) |
|
Spain |
207935 |
2703160 |
197957 |
32 |
204 |
|
France |
25390 |
330071 |
52878 |
20 |
235 |
|
Greece |
63335 |
823364 |
21009 |
38 |
817 |
|
Italy |
94412 |
1321781 |
127357 |
43 |
385 |
|
Portugal |
87853 |
1229951 |
193862 |
11 |
274 |
[based on data from: http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/fore/fires/scif/bilan_de.htm]
Exercise 3:
Carefully study the table and then have a close look at the maps.
Write an essay on forest fires in Europe.
Map 1: size of fire area in ha/year
[Size of fire area in ha/year; © Europäische Gemeinschaften, 1995-2003; image source: http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/fore/fires/scif/bilan_de.htm]
Map 2: Number of fires in Europe (1986-97)
Number of fires in Europe (1986-97); © Europäische Gemeinschaften, 1995-2003; image source: http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/fore/fires/scif/bilan_de.htm
Map 3: Duration of fires in minutes
duration of fires in minutes, © Europäische Gemeinschaften, 1995-2003; image source: http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/fore/fires/scif/bilan_de.htm
Map 4: Time it took before the fire started being extinguished (in minutes)
Time till extinguishing began (in minutes); © Europäische Gemeinschaften, 1995-2003; image source: http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/fore/fires/scif/bilan_de.htm
Map 5: Risk of forest fires
Risk of forest fires; © Europäische Gemeinschaften, 1995-2003; image source: http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/fore/fires/scif/bilan_de.htm
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