Australia bushfires have pumped more than twice the amount of carbon dioxide in the air than Amazon fires last year.?
The bushfires raging on the eastern coast of the continent have released?400 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere already, further catalyzing the process of climate change.?
This figure is more than the total combined annual emissions of the 116 lowest-emitting countries, according to reports. This amount is also nine times the amount produced during California¡¯s record-setting 2018 fire season.?
And this amount of emission is increasing as we speak and number of days of ¡°very high fire danger¡± seems to be on a rise.?
According to a statement from the NSW Rural Fire Service, more than 5.2 million hectares (12.8 million acres) have burned across the southeastern state or New South Wales since the start of the bushfire season.?
Even if there is no direct climate change impact, rising temperatures and decreasing rainfall dries out trees, plants, and soil, which then act as fuel that can amplify fires when they do break out.
The bushfires in Australia this season have wiped out a billion animals and claimed 20 human lives. Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes. The country is in dire need of funds to take care of living animals and recover from damages.?