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How does Earth's warming climate affect our environment?, Increase in…

- - - - "Wildfire causes wildlife to move, avoiding flames and searching for new habitat." (What Happens to Wildlife During a Wildfire?, 2023)
      - "bush fires destroyed 70 percent of some koala populations", (Koalas are getting harder to find. Scientists in Australia are on a quest to uncover a hidden population, 2022).
      - "Wildfire smoke is a mixture of hazardous air pollutants, such PM2.5, NO2, ozone, aromatic hydrocarbons, or lead." (Wildfires, 2023)
      - "wildfire smoke is associated with premature deaths in the general population, and can cause and exacerbate diseases of the lungs, heart, brain/nervous system, skin, gut, kidney, eyes, nose and liver. It has also been shown to lead to cognitive impairment and memory loss." (Wildfires, 2023)
  - - - Drought reduces the amount of food and water made available for wildlife and livestock.
        
        Dry Vegetation
        
        Lower water levels in lakes and reservoirs.
      - Makes it easier for wildfires to break out.
        
        The drier the environment the faster the fire can spread.
      - Droughts represent 15% of natural disasters but took the largest human toll, approximately 650,000 deaths from 1970-2019. (Drought in numbers 2022 - Restoration for readiness and resilience, 2022)