Believe it or not, jet skiing has health benefits associated with it. In 1978, jet skiing was institutionalized with the establishment of a sports association. Jet ski racing is popular among riders, and the sport is mostly practiced at a recreational level in several countries. You don’t feel a pure rush of adrenaline when you drive your car or motorbike at 36 mph, but at the same speed on a jet ski, it feels like you are flying. Jet skis have soared in popularity among thrill-seeking speed enthusiasts since then. As climate anomalies become more frequent, we have seen and will likely continue to see more severe fires.Personal watercraft, popularly called “jet skis,” were first introduced by Kawasaki in 1972. As a fire ecologist, this research is now in the center of what everyone cares about."Īdded Maxwell: "This project was impactful in the scientific community because it shows that not only an increase in the number of fires or in the area they burn, but also the severity of the fire, may have a large effect on the amount and quality of water that's available for us to use. "This is our future - increased fired due to climate change. "Wildfire regimes are changing forest ecosystems, and now we know they're impacting water hydrology too," St. south facing slopes) and how wet or dry a winter is, they also need to account for the increasing number and severity of wildfires and burn potential to properly assess the risks for flooding and drought. To estimate future water resources, he said hydrologists should not only consider topography, aspect (north vs. Clair, the new data helps paint a more complete picture on water security. The researchers believe the study has considerable implications for water forecasting, especially given that snow-water resources from mountain watersheds provide fresh water for over 20% of the global human population and more than 65% of Utah's water resources.Īccording to St. The findings, recently published in Environmental Research Letters, represent the first study to examine the effects of burn severity on snow accumulation and water equivalence using direct measures.
The research also revealed a 15% increase in snow-water equivalent - the amount of water contained within the snowpack - for every 20% increase in tree mortality in the burned areas. The larger and more severe the wildfire, the increased flood potential for valleys." "It's a really good outcome for north-facing slopes where the snowpack will hold in the shade, but If you've got a south-facing (sun-exposed) aspect with a deep snowpack and a rapid spring melt, now there is a higher chance of erosion, loss of nutrients and potential of flooding for downstream communities. Clair, a professor of plant and wildlife sciences. "Fires mean more snow into the system initially because of reduced trees that usually block and hold the snow temporarily on branches," said St. After crunching the data, collected over that winter and the next, they found pretty impressive numbers: there was an 85% greater snow depth in areas that burned completely compared to areas that didn't burn at all. The team also measured the presence, height and diameter of trees at each location and whether or not those trees were killed by the fire. The students would go on to log between 15 and 20 miles of back-country skiing each day in the field, measuring snow depth levels and snow water equivalency at 30 sampling spots within the footprint of the Twitchell Canyon Fire, a 2010 mega-fire that consumed 45,000 acres and was the largest active wildfire in the United States at the time. "So, we put on our skis and got to work," Maxwell said.
Unfortunately, the snowmobiles they'd been using could go no further and there were still dozens of measurements they needed to take.
Clair for research on the impact of wildfires on snowpack levels. It was December 2014 and the students had just started field work under the tutelage of BYU forest ecologist Sam St.
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