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We are Ardenti Silva. We take part in Climate Detectives 2023. We are from IES Principe Felipe in Madrid.

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We have been investigating forest fires and we have collected the data of one that happened in Hermesende last year.

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We chose this topic because forest fires are one of the main problems in Spain.

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We have been collecting data of the Hermesende forest fire through EO Browser.

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We saw that the firemen took 5 days to end up with the fire.

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From 29th of January to 2nd of February the land of Fagora was burned.

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In these satellite images we can see the before, the during and the after of the land being burned.

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The land took 5 months to recover from the fire.

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We found that almost 95% of the forest fires are caused by humans,

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with actions like dropping cigarettes, leaving rubbish and doing bonfires irresponsibly.

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Forest fires produce gases that harm the atmosphere and destroy plant life, leading to less oxygen production that harms the animals.

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As conclusions, we could say that forest fires are caused mainly by irresponsible people or even by pyromaniacs that want to see their forest burned.

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These fires burn plants, and as plant population decreases, it produces less oxygen, so the animals have less of it in the air to breathe.

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The gases released by fires also damage the atmosphere, and they contribute to greenhouse effect, which makes the world warming and destroys the Earth's climate.

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To reduce the number of forest fires, we should stop actions such as dropping cigarettes, trash or glass in the woods.

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People doing barbecues or bonfires should also do them responsibly and only when there is nothing

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flammable near them. Thank you for watching and this has been our video.