AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRES 2019 - 2020

COURSE:
ENGLISH
STUDENTS:
ANGELES DIAZ RAMOS
MARIA GONZALES GUERRERO
CRISTHOFER ANCHANTE PAYANO
EROS SANCHEZ ALCALA
NICOLE GARRIAZO CONDE
TEACHER:
PAOLA TERESA VICTORIA SANCHEZ VILLACORTA

AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRES 2019 - 2020

INTRODUCTION:
The aim of this essay is to make known and inform us a little more about the bushfires occurred in
Australia in the period of 2019-2020.
Wildfires occurred in Australia in the years of 2019-2020 caused immense fires that were
practically developed in a large part of Australia between June 2019 and May 2020. In large
numbers these fires burned an estimated more than 10,000,000 hectares and destroyed in turn more
than 2500 buildings including in them homes and wiping out the lives of 26 people.
Some people have managed to consider that this is one of the worst recorded wildfire seasons in
history, due to the fact that the wildfires that occurred in 1974 and 1975 consumed an estimated
117,000,000 hectares.
That is why in December 2019 the New South Wales government declared a state of emergency
after record high temperatures and prolonged drought put these bushfires into action.

THESIS STATEMENT:
1. When did it happen?
The bushfires that developed in most parts of Australia occurred between June 2019 to May 2020.

2.What happened?
Much of Australia burned from late 2019 to early 2020 like never before. The magnitude of the
wildfires was such that Australians remember that season as Black Summer.

3. How many animals/species die?

During 2019 - 2020 there was a catastrophic event for animal life in Australia, bushfires affected
much of the animal habitat. On November 12, 2019, "catastrophic fire danger" was declared in the
Greater Sydney region for the first time since the introduction of this category in 2009 and a full fire
warning was put in place for seven regions, including Greater Sydney.
Early estimates cited 500 million animals affected by the fires. However, the figure was changed to
around one billion. In addition to property damage and casualties, the fires also affected several
sporting events in the country. The Australian Rally, a world championship event that was to be
held from November 14 to 17, 2019, was canceled and the Australian Open was almost delayed.
The reality of the event was caused by nature itself, but if we think more deeply we can realize that
they are consequences of climate change.

4. What actions were taken to put out the fires?

Some of the measures they took were:
-Cover the fire with earth thrown with shovels to have a better attack response.
-Combat with water and call the corresponding authorities.
-Eliminate continuity, cutting the vegetation on the very edge of the fire
-Cover the vegetation with water and chemicals that prevent the spread of the fire.
-Make a forest fire protection brigade.
-Realization of information and awareness campaigns through the media.

CONSEQUENCES:
The devastating fires in Australia of 2019-2020 spread so much smoke particles through the
stratosphere that it covered the southern hemisphere for months and generated record levels of
atmospheric aerosols.
The forest fires caused an atmospheric impact comparable "to that of a moderate volcanic eruption",
which meant "an extreme increase" of particles in the air, with rates skyrocketing in 2020 "some of
the highest ever seen."
This "anomaly" greatly affected the stratosphere, where a haze loaded with millions of tons of
smoke spread. Atmospheric aerosols are solid or liquid particles suspended on the surface of the
earth or the atmosphere, corresponding to the global climate and their emission causes pollution at
the planetary level.
After entering the stratosphere, the particles spread "slowly around the entire hemisphere." In turn,
they "stayed in the air" longer than they usually are in the lower atmospheric layer, where they
dissipate in a few days.
Another possible effect would have been the area devastated by the fires amounting to more than
10,000,000 hectares, 2,500 buildings were destroyed, 26 people died and One billion animals
affected by the fires.

CONCLUSION:
Australia is, in fact, historically a country of fires. However, in recent years, droughts and heat
waves have become common in the country, increasingly accentuated by climate change, such as
last September, which is the most serious ever recorded. This is how we must take precautions so
that this type of situation does not cause consecutive consequences and there may be large losses of
animals.