Solar Activity, Climate Change, and Natural Disasters in Mountain Regions

Champenoux

Springer

2016

S. 9-19

Artikel aus einer ZeitschriftUnselbständiges Werk

200199599

Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions : Southeastern Europe, S. 9-19

Abstract Contemporary science is burdened with contradictory, that is, severely opposed attitudes relating to climate changes issues such as global warming. What is undisputable is that if climate changes are more intensive, changes relating to stands of plants are also more intensive. Forest fi res are one of the most drastic factors that infl uence changes of stands of plants in mountain terrains. The damage caused by forest fi res destroying forests varies from case to case, but a signifi cant problem occurs in irretrievable losses of soil because of increased erosion, as well as disturbances in underground water circulation. In contrast to plain terrains, mountains are far more sensitive to such disasters, especially when we consider losses in agricultural soil as well as of wildlife. The fact that a direct connection between any of the climate elements and the initial phase of a fi re has not been established so far represents a special challenge to science. A new hypothesis is presented in this chapter, which attempts to link the processes on the sun, that is, charged particles (protons and electrons) as potential causes of forest fi res of unknown origin.
Keywords Solar activity Forest fires Natural disasters