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7 November 2007

Natural Fires

When we speak of large scale fires , we often associate it with destructive forces that could burn properties and structures down to ashes or commit many lives . What we don 't realize is that large-scale fires have existed way back in the history of our planet , and that these fires are considered as natural occurrences . It is just our perception that lead us to our conceived meaning of fire , but truly , there are more benefits in it rather than

the destruction if brings . Nature utilizes these large-scale fires for various reasons , both destructive and beneficial

We often think of fire as an evil force that consumes both living and non-living things in the environment . But besides this , we are oblivious to the fact that these fires are agents of natural change . These fires are considered as herbivores , because they consume plants and transform them to a more useful material ADDIN EN .CITE Bond7William J BondJon E KeeFire as a global `herbivore : the ecology and evolution of flammable ecosystemsTRENDS in Ecology and EvolutionTRENDS in Ecology and EvolutionVol .20No .72005July 2005 (Bond and Kee . Most plants however , are inedible or just difficult to consume , like towering trees and the like . In to put this into good use , fires act as herbivores that would devour an entire forest of inedible trees . They are consumed in to transform the ecosystems into better ones , which the various creatures of our environment could live into ADDIN EN .CITE Pyne7Stephen J PynePyromancy : Reading Stories in the FlamesConservation BiologyConservation BiologyVol . 18No 42004 (Pyne

No matter how man intervenes with the way the environment works , nature would always find its way with things . This is true for the occurrence of these large scale fires . Man has struggled and was somehow successful in suppressing these fires from devouring trees and other vegetations Because of this , nature has somehow managed to adapt by increasing the temperature of the environment lately ADDIN EN .CITE Westerling7A . L WesterlingH . G . HidalgoD . R CayanT . W SwetnamWarming and Earlier Spring Increase Western U .S . Forest Wildfire ActivityAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceVol 3132006 (Westerling et al . Because of this increase in temperature , the trees in the forests become more susceptible to these fires . They easily get burned with just a little nudge , like a lit cigarette thrown into the woods , or a boy playing with some matchsticks .Works Cited

ADDIN EN .REFLIST Bond , William J , and Jon E . Kee "Fire as a Global `Herbivore : The Ecology and Evolution of Flammable Ecosystems " TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution Vol .20 .No .7 (2005

Pyne , Stephen J "Pyromancy : Reading Stories in the Flames Conservation Biology Vol . 18 .No . 4 (2004

Westerling , A . L , et al "Warming and Earlier Spring Increase Western U .S . Forest Wildfire Activity " American Association for the Advancement of Science Vol . 313 (2006 Fires PAGE \ MERGEFORMAT 3...