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 fires are one of the most drastic factors that influence changes of stands of plants in mountain terrains. The damage caused by forest fires destroying forests varies from case to case, but a significant 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 fire 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 fires of unknown origin.
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This study is supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, Project III47007.
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Radovanovic, M. (2016). Solar Activity, Climate Change, and Natural Disasters in Mountain Regions. In: Zhelezov, G. (eds) Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20110-8_2
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