Fuelling the Global Warming Debate
by Guillermo Rein, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Global warming is expected to cause vegetation change in the long term. How these changes will alter wildfire activity are of increasing concern in regards to the threat to human life and to ecosystems processes. This image shows testing the burning behaviour of vegetation using a state-of-the-art fire propagation apparatus.
Full credits:
Dr Claire Belcher - http://clairembelcher.carbonmade.com
and
Dr Guillermo Rein - http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~grein
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2010
Submitted on 28 February 2011
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- Europe (3211)
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- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (159)
- Exact location (-3.1724 W, 55.9225 N)
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climate change, fire, forest fuel, vegetation
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Credit: Guillermo Rein (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Guillermo Rein 9 years, 1 month ago
Please note that full credit of this photo is:
Dr Claire Belcher - http://clairembelcher.carbonmade.com
and Guillermo Rein - http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~grein
I have submitted it to the imaggeo using my username (Guillermo Rein) but the full credit still applies.