California’s Surge of Large Wildfires: A Multi-Dimensional Fire Challenge
This is the second part of a story about fires in California. Read part 1 here. Accumulating fuels and rising populations are contributing to California’s…
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What’s Behind California’s Dramatic Surge of Large Fires?
Heat waves and droughts supercharged by climate change, a century of fire suppression, and fast-growing populations have made large, destructive fires more likely. If it…
Global Cancer Risk From Burning Organic Matter Comes From Unregulated Chemicals
The researchers hope scientists and regulators will consider a broader class of compounds in evaluating cancer risk due to PAH exposure. Whenever organic matter is…
Southern California Under Smoke – Groves of Giant Sequoias Threatened by Intense Fires
The KNP fire complex and Windy fire are threatening groves of giant sequoias and prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders. NASA satellites first detected signs…
Potentially Devastating Natural Hazards Threaten 57% of US Structures
Rising Temperatures and Risky Development Contribute to Heightened Exposure to Earthquakes, Flooding, Tornadoes, Hurricanes and Wildfire More than half of the structures in the contiguous…
Australian Wildfires Triggered Massive Algal Blooms in Southern Ocean – Raises New Questions About Oceanic Carbon Uptake
Boom in carbon-sequestering phytoplankton raises new questions about oceanic carbon uptake and productivity. Clouds of smoke and ash from wildfires that ravaged Australia in 2019…
Fire Encroaching on Giant Sequoias – California’s Natural Treasures Threatened
In the midst of another brutal fire season, several of California’s natural treasures have also been threatened. In the midst of another brutal fire season that has…
California Continues To Burn – More Than 7000 Wildfires, Burning Over 900,000 Hectares
While wildfires are a natural part of California’s landscape, a severe drought, coupled with extreme temperatures, have sustained several major fires for much of August….
More Than 47,000 Brazilians Hospitalized Every Year From Exposure to Wildfire Air Pollution
Largest and most comprehensive study to date of the health effects of wildfires in Brazil reveals the serious health consequences of this burning, linking exposure…
Climate Change Is Pushing Fires to Higher Ground
Wildfires in the western United States have been spreading to higher elevations due to warmer and drier conditions. Scientists have known for decades that climate…
Arc of Fires in the U.S. West – Many Fierce Fires Still Actively Burning
The Caldor fire, nearing the south end of Lake Tahoe, is one of many potent fires still burning at the end of August 2021. As…
Smoky Skies in the Western Amazon – Fire Activity Driven Primarily by Deforestation Fires
Increasing numbers of deforestation fires are darkening skies in Rondônia and Amazonas. Since the 1970s, tree clearing in the Amazon basin has reduced the size…
NASA’s MISR Sees California Wildfire Smoke Plumes Traveling Miles Into the Atmosphere
Smoke from several large wildfires burning in Northern California can be seen traveling miles into the atmosphere. As of August 24, wildfires in Northern California…
California Is Burning – And the Emissions From Destructive Fires Are Adding Up
Several destructive fires have charred landscapes in northern California, and their emissions are adding up. The worst of California’s fire season typically comes in autumn,…
Intense Wildfires Ravage Greek Island of Evia
Parts of the Mediterranean and central Europe have experienced extreme temperatures this summer, with wildfires causing devastation in both Turkey and Greece. The blaze on…
Greece Fire: Large Swaths of Greece Consumed by Wildfire
In the first two weeks of August 2021, Greece has endured a series of wildland fires that have charred a large swath of the island…
Wildfire Smoke Exposure May Greatly Increase Risk of Contracting COVID-19
New study finds a 17.7 percent rise in COVID-19 cases after a prolonged 2020 wildfire smoke event in Reno, Nevada. Wildfire smoke may greatly increase…
Let Them Burn? How Wildfire Restored a Lost Forest Ecosystem in Yosemite
Half a century of allowing lightning fires to burn in Yosemite’s Illilouette Creek Basin has created a lost forest ecosystem that is far more resilient…
