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October 2017 Iberian wildfires

This article was about the fires that are occurring on the Iberian peninsula. Currently there is not very much information on these fires, but there was a lot of sources which means that as more news comes out the page could be added to.

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Okay, but few elements on the assignment are missing such as checking out the talk page and discussing how it's rated; the sources: are they reliable, biases, and also you should compare what's been discussed in your article with in class discussions...Jfaay (talk) 04:07, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Fire Effects on Soil and Vegetation (outline)
I. Fire types

a. ground fires

-Provide the definition of ground fires as there is no wikipedia page on ground fires

-Burn under lying roots which can kill off trees and secondary growth which use epicormic buds

-Heat transfers to other soils which leads to more smoldering, and advancement of the fire

b. litter

-litter that is burned leaves the forest floor uncovered which can lead to a competitive new growth forest depending on the severity of the fire

-Hydrophobic soils lead to a change in hydrology

-Density can change consumption speeds

II. Issues with fire (some of this will be added to other pages)

a. mineral loss

-Fires, especially severe ones really hurt the amount of nutrients available

-Organic material holds half of the nitrogen and works as water storage

c. soil erosion

-Roots stabilize the soils which holds the topography together

-Hillsides eventually sees mass wasting events

-Pacific Northwest example

-California Chaparral examples

-Splash erosion: detaches small soil particles

-Sheet erosion: once splash erosion has occurred, sheet erosion shortly follows where channels are created leading to a flow of those small soil particles

-These stop after the first year because vegetation has often replaced itself

d. ground water issues

-studies in California found high Ph and metal and metalloids. Watersheds may need enhanced cleanup.

Sources

Fire Effects on Soil