This Tuesday, July 4th, smoke was observed in the north of France in the morning. This is the result of the fires on the other side of the Atlantic, in Canada. Never before has such an area burned down so quickly, more than 8 million hectares have already gone up in smoke since the start of the season, which is more than the absolute annual record. It’s like half the French forest burned down. The French forest is 17 million hectares.
Summer is just beginning. According to Canadian authorities, the situation is getting worse: there are 622 ongoing forest fires and half are considered out of control. Canada has boreal forests that withstand extreme cold. but much less to heat. Due to the drought, they have become very flammable as they are mostly made up of coniferous trees. The fires are becoming increasingly difficult to contain, a single outbreak of fire destroys three times more area than ten years ago.
And these fumes therefore continue to reach us. Meteo France satellites showed this Tuesday morning A plume of smoke over the north of the country, still without consequences for our health since it is at high altitude and this pollution is quite mitigated. In contrast, the particles alter the scattering of light from the sun’s rays, resulting in luminous sunrises and sunsets. That was the case in Dunkirk this Tuesday morning. The sky was pink from the smoke from Canada.
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