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Future Snowmelt In West Twice As Early As Expected; Threatens Ecosystems And Water Reserves
Global warming could lead to
larger changes in snowmelt
in the western United States
than was previously thought,
possibly increasing wildfi ... > full story
California Wildfires As Seen From Remotely Piloted Aircraft
A remotely piloted aircraft
carrying a NASA sensor flew
over much of California
earlier this week, gathering
information that will be
used to help fight more than
... > full story
ESA Satellite Assesses Damage Of Norway's Largest Fire
Following the extremely hot
weather conditions hitting
Europe, Norway experienced
its biggest forest fire in
the last half century
earlier this month. Envisat
... > full story
NASA Aircraft Examine Impact Of Forest Fires On Arctic Climate
As the summer fire season
heats up, NASA aircraft are
set to follow the trail of
smoke plumes from some of
Earth's northernmost forest
fires, examining their
... > full story
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Mystery Of Infamous 'New England Dark Day' Solved By Tree Rings
June 9, 2008 — At noon, it was black as night. It was May 19, 1780, and some people in New England thought judgment day was at hand. Accounts of that day, became known as "New England's Dark Day." The mystery of ... > full story -
Scorched Earth Millenium Map Shows 'Fire Scars'
May 27, 2008 — A geographer has produced for the first time a map of the scorched Earth for every year since the turn of the millennium. The map reveals that between 3.5 and 4.5 million square kilometers of ... > full story -
Ponderosa Pine Forests Need Thinning Or Controlled Burns To Keep Old-Growth Characteristics
May 16, 2008 — Preliminary findings in one of the first landscape-scale experiments on how forest management affects western Ponderosa pine ecosystems have been completed. The results suggests that in the absence ... > full story -
Forest Service Launches Web-based Forest Threats Viewing Tool
January 2, 2008 — The Forest Service's Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center recently launched its forest threats summary viewer, a tool that will provide images, threat distribution maps, additional ... > full story -
2007 A Top Ten Warm Year For U.S. And Globe
December 31, 2007 — The year 2007 is on pace to become one of the 10 warmest years for the contiguous U.S., since national records began in 1895. The year was marked by exceptional drought in the U.S. Southeast and the ... > full story -
Beetle Dung Helps Forests Recover From Fire
December 11, 2007 — Beetle droppings -- known in the scientific world as frass -- are crucial to forests recovering from fire.Armed with a pair of tweezers and a handful of beetle droppings,researchers have discovered ... > full story -
Steps You Can Take To Protect Your Home During Wildfire Season
November 6, 2007 — The state of California is adopting new building and fire codes, effective January 2008, that will primarily affect new construction. But homeowners with existing homes to worry about can take ... > full story -
Wildfire Drives Carbon Levels In Northern Forests
November 5, 2007 — Far removed from streams of gas-thirsty cars and pollution-belching factories lies another key player in global climate change. Circling the northern hemisphere, the conifer-dominated boreal forests ... > full story -
US Fires Release Large Amounts Of Carbon Dioxide
November 1, 2007 — Large-scale fires in a western or southeastern state can pump as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in a few weeks as the state's entire motor vehicle traffic does in a year, according to a new ... > full story -
Wildland Fire Experts Respond To Southern California Wildfires
October 24, 2007 — More than 2,000 members of the interagency wildland firefighting community mobilized through the National Interagency Coordination Center are engaged in a wide range of wildfire response efforts to ... > full story
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