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Report on Texas Fire Urges Firefighters to Consider Wind Effects
Wind conditions at a fire
scene can make a critical
difference on the behavior
of the blaze and the safety
of firefighters, even
indoors, according to a new
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Impact of Land Use Activity in the Amazon Basin Evaluated
Portions of the Amazon basin
are experiencing a
transition in energy and
water cycles. Evidence
suggests that the Amazon may
also be transitioning from a
... > full story
Forest Health Versus Global Warming: Fuel Reduction Likely to Increase Carbon Emissions
Forest thinning to help
prevent or reduce severe
wildfire will release more
carbon to the atmosphere
than any amount saved by
... > full story
Rapid Rise in Wildfires in Large Parts of Canada? Ecologists Find Threshold Values for Natural Wildfires
Large forest regions in
Canada are apparently about
to experience rapid change.
Based on models, scientists
can now show that there are
... > full story
- Report on Texas Fire Urges Firefighters to Consider Wind Effects
- Impact of Land Use Activity in the Amazon Basin Evaluated
- Forest Health Versus Global Warming: Fuel Reduction Likely to Increase Carbon Emissions
- Rapid Rise in Wildfires in Large Parts of Canada? Ecologists Find Threshold Values for Natural Wildfires
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Reclaiming Land After a Forest Fire
December 22, 2011 — Researchers treated burnt soil with an organic polymer used in agriculture. Applying granules of the non-toxic polymer cut soil erosion by half in both laboratory and field ... > full story -
Study Finds Failure Points in Firefighter Protective Equipment
December 7, 2011 — In fire experiments conducted in uniformly furnished, but vacant Chicago-area townhouses, researchers uncovered temperature and heat-flow conditions that can seriously damage facepiece lenses on ... > full story -
Sea Change Can Forecast South American Wildfires
November 10, 2011 — Tiny temperature changes on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans provide an excellent way to forecast wildfires in South American rainforests, new research ... > full storyMore: -
Aerial Robot System Can Save Firefighter Lives, Study Suggests
November 9, 2011 — A new system built around an unmanned aerial vehicle has faced a real-world test in a West Virginia controlled forest burn, and proved its ... > full story -
Delaware Fire Service Offers Important Lessons for Fire Prevention Programs Nationwide
November 7, 2011 — Fire and life safety programs in Delaware offer a strategic, comprehensive and coordinated approach to fire prevention. A new study highlights the diversity of prevention initiatives underway in the ... > full story -
Wetlands: Drying Intensifying Wildfires, Carbon Release Ninefold, Study Finds
November 1, 2011 — Drying of northern wetlands has led to much more severe peatland wildfires and nine times as much carbon released into the atmosphere, according to new ... > full story -
Savannas and Forests in a Battle of the Biomes
October 31, 2011 — Climate change, land use and other human-driven factors could pit savannas and forests against each other by altering the elements found by researchers to stabilize the two. Without this harmony, the ... > full story -
Production of Biofuel from Forests Will Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Study Finds
October 23, 2011 — The largest and most comprehensive study yet done on the effect of biofuel production from West Coast forests has concluded that an emphasis on bioenergy would increase carbon dioxide emissions from ... > full story -
Visual Tour of Earth's Fires
October 20, 2011 — NASA has released a series of new satellite data visualizations that show tens of millions of fires detected worldwide from space since ... > full story -
'Albedo Effect' in Forests Can Cause Added Warming, Bonus Cooling
October 19, 2011 — Wildfire, insect outbreaks and hurricanes destroy huge amounts of forest every year and increase the amount of carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere, but scientists are now learning more about ... > full story
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