Professors at Illinois Institute of Technology make on average $132,386 over the course of nine months, the typical contract for an academic year. This is $81,380 more than the average university professor's nine month salary ($51,006).rofessors at Illinois Institute of Technology make on average $132,386 over the course of nine months, the typical contract for an academic year. This is $81,380 more than the average university professor's nine month salary ($51,006).
Common causes of wildfires include lightning, human carelessness, arson, volcano eruption, and pyroclastic cloud from active volcano. Heat waves, droughts, and cyclical climate changes such as El Nino niÃ±o can also have a dramatic effect on the risk of. wildfiresildfires. What is a wildfire?A wildfire also known as a wildland fire, forest fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, peat fire, bushfire (in Australia), or hill fire is an uncontrolled fire often occurring in wildland areas, but which can also consume houses or agricultural resources.
Approximately 8,000 wildfires occur each year in Canada. The average area burned in Canada is 2.5 million ha/year. Fires caused by lightning represent 45% of all fires, but because they occur in remote locations and often in clusters, they represent 81% of total area burned.