Global world wide effects of bushfires
by Richard
Conan-Davies
24 April 2005
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Smoke One of the main potentially global or world wide effects of bushfires is smoke. In Australia smoke from fires usually does not go into other countries. Although sometimes smoke from fires in Northern Australia may go north into Indonesia. But also fires that happen in Indonesia smoke can blow into Australia. Smoke in the atmosphere can change the way sun light gets through. This sometimes can reflect light and reduce the temperature on the ground for a while. Sometimes this can also affect how much light is available for plants to use (photosynthesis) Carbon dioxide Another possible
global effect of bushfires is production of extra
carbon dioxide. More fires would lead to an
increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This
may increase the green house effect that can
increase the average global temperature. Overall global effects on weather The global effects of a bushfire really depends on how big the fires are and how often they occur. The effects on other countries are usually indirect and can affect different countries in different ways. For example for places rain seasons may be increase or decrease because of a change in temperature in another part of the world. A bit like a domino effect. ( Where one domino knocks into another, in this case one weather pattern bumps into another) Reference: Global Fire Monitoring -NASA Earth Observatory |
 Sometimes a bushfires can cause clouds to form ( called pyro cumulus)  Here is a satellite picture of a bushfire. You can large amount smoke ( sometimes called aerosols) 
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