Climatic Change: Causes, Impacts on

Wild Fires and Human Health

Prof.Dr.A.Kanni Raj
Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences & Humanities
Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India

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 Introduction
Climate
 It is the long-term weather pattern in a
region, typically averaged over 30years.
 Weather is a short-term variation in
climate, in a given region

Climate Change
 It is the periodic modification of Earth’s
climate brought about as a result of
changes in the Atmosphere as well as
interactions between the atmosphere and
various other geo/chemo/bio factors
within the Earth system.
 Earth is now about 1.1°C warmer than
it was in the late 1800s. The last decade
(2011-2020) was the warmest on record.

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 Causes
Climate of the globe
ie, Temp.of the town or climate
of a given country or continent
depends on several factors,
given below.

 Geographical location
 Distance from the sea
 Ocean currents
 Direction of prevailing winds
 Topography of the land
or land formation
 Altitude
 Green house gases

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Feedback between fire and deforestation, with the added components of
climate change and savannization that are to come
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