{"id":60186,"date":"2023-06-15T16:24:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T20:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/?p=60186"},"modified":"2023-09-16T00:23:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T04:23:05","slug":"climate-change-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/2023\/06\/15\/climate-change-wildfires\/","title":{"rendered":"The Impact of Canada&#8217;s Wildfires, Hazardous Air Quality, and Climate Change on Wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One week ago, orange smog from wildfires in Canada overtook our skies in New Jersey, New York, and much of the Northeastern United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creating some of the most hazardous air on Earth in history, a shocking hue from Canadian wildfire smoke tinted the entire region orange.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"569\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Wildfire-smoke-pollution-NJ-569x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Wildfire smog in New Jersey\" class=\"wp-image-60195\" srcset=\"\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=569,height=1024,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Wildfire-smoke-pollution-NJ.jpg 569w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=167,height=300,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Wildfire-smoke-pollution-NJ.jpg 167w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=1381,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Wildfire-smoke-pollution-NJ.jpg 768w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=161,height=290,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Wildfire-smoke-pollution-NJ.jpg 161w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=834,height=1500,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Wildfire-smoke-pollution-NJ.jpg 834w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I had never seen anything like it before. &#8220;Armageddon!&#8221; some locals exclaimed said while staring at the sepia skies. Some believed the smoke was intended to signal the beginning of the end of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I shared the photo above on my Instagram story. There was no editing or Photoshopping whatsoever (aside from the graphic), the world around me was as orange as you see it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My life suddenly looked like I was in one of those old fashioned sepia films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#84807f;font-size:15px\">Advertisement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- TallerAd -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9450289478492329\" data-ad-slot=\"7551539077\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/weather\/2023\/06\/02\/canada-wildfires-record-heat-climate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a><\/strong>, there were over 200 fires burning in Canada and more than half were still out of control. More than 11.6 million acres of land burned. A combination of unrelenting heat, parched ground, and thunderstorms started the wildfires in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some photos I saw floating around on social media of New York City as the smoke passed over the city:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyCg-3XXgAImQh8-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"NYC Wildfire Smog June 7, 2023\" class=\"wp-image-60282\" srcset=\"\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1024,height=1024,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyCg-3XXgAImQh8.jpg 1024w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=300,height=300,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyCg-3XXgAImQh8.jpg 300w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=150,height=150,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyCg-3XXgAImQh8.jpg 150w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=768,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyCg-3XXgAImQh8.jpg 768w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=282,height=282,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyCg-3XXgAImQh8.jpg 282w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=215,height=215,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyCg-3XXgAImQh8.jpg 215w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=512,height=512,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyCg-3XXgAImQh8.jpg 512w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1200,height=1200,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/FyCg-3XXgAImQh8.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews\/status\/1666509590559596553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iqair.com\/us\/world-air-quality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">air quality<\/a><\/strong> was extraordinarily unhealthy as smoke from the wildfires drifted over our skies. Canada even issued a formal apology because of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that moment in time, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/live-blog\/unhealthy-air-quality-canada-wildfires-live-updates-rcna88092\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York City had the worst air quality on Earth!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At it&#8217;s worst point on June 7th, I saw local air quality ratings floating around 321.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NYC-Air-Quality-794x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Air Quality in NYC June 7, 2023\" class=\"wp-image-60223\" srcset=\"\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=794,height=1024,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NYC-Air-Quality.jpg 794w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=233,height=300,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NYC-Air-Quality.jpg 233w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=991,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NYC-Air-Quality.jpg 768w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1191,height=1536,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NYC-Air-Quality.jpg 1191w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=225,height=290,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NYC-Air-Quality.jpg 225w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1290,height=1664,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/NYC-Air-Quality.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>NYC Air Quality: 328 on June 7, 2023<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It was so surreal. It felt like I traveled back in time to 2020 as I put on my N95 mask to walk outside fearing what invisible particles the wind might carry. Closing off my windows and turning my air purifier on full blast. It was definitely triggering COVID pandemic PTSD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding to the stress, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/news-release\/broken-record-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide-levels-jump-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">atmospheric carbon dioxide levels hit a record high.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s pretty disappointing to think about how badly we have handled carbon emission management as a species. Humanity has talked about it for decades but it seems no collective agreement has succeeded on a global scale in aiming to do <em>enough<\/em> to actually curtail the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/news-release\/broken-record-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide-levels-jump-again\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Atmospheric-CO2.jpg\" alt=\"Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide\" class=\"wp-image-60213\" srcset=\"\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=800,height=600,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Atmospheric-CO2.jpg 800w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=300,height=225,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Atmospheric-CO2.jpg 300w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=576,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Atmospheric-CO2.jpg 768w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=282,height=212,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Atmospheric-CO2.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/news-release\/broken-record-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide-levels-jump-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NOAA<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Climate change has all sorts of negative implications: extreme weather, rising sea levels, heat waves, melting glaciers, warming oceans, intense droughts, and overall habitat loss for wildlife.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As climate change worsens, dangerous weather events are becoming more frequent and severe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People who fail to accept the existence of global warming and those who shrug it off thinking a little extra warm weather never hurt anyone are grossly underestimating the implications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After seeing <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audubon.org\/climate\/survivalbydegrees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Audubon&#8217;s Survival by Degrees<\/a><\/strong> campaign, I experienced a visual representation of how badly even a 1.5\u00b0 Celsius change on Earth can mean for the future of endangered birds.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audubon.org\/climate\/survivalbydegrees\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Survival-by-Degrees-1024x863.jpg\" alt=\"Audubon Survival by Degrees\" class=\"wp-image-60261\" srcset=\"\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1024,height=863,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Survival-by-Degrees.jpg 1024w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=300,height=253,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Survival-by-Degrees.jpg 300w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=647,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Survival-by-Degrees.jpg 768w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=282,height=238,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Survival-by-Degrees.jpg 282w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1484,height=1250,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Survival-by-Degrees.jpg 1484w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Learn More: <br><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audubon.org\/climate\/survivalbydegrees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Audubon: Survival By Degrees<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On Audubon&#8217;s website, you can actually interact with a digital simulation that shows which birds will experience the most habitat loss (depicted in red) from their natural range as a result of climbing temperatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Audubon scientists studied 604 North American bird species alive today in an area known as their &#8220;range.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Red shows range lost<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Green &amp; yellow mean stable range<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blue means the birds will need to move into the range<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Then they used the last climate models to project how each species&#8217;s range will shift as climate change and other human impacts advance across the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Audubon says the results are clear: <strong>birds will be forced to relocate to find more favorable homes. And many may not survive at all.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therockysafari.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC04867.jpg\" alt=\"Audubon Mural Project in NYC\" class=\"wp-image-60284\" srcset=\"\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=940,height=671,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC04867.jpg 940w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=300,height=214,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC04867.jpg 300w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=768,height=548,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC04867.jpg 768w, \/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=282,height=201,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSC04867.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" 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