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Extreme Wildfires in Western U.S. Likely Fueled by Climate Change
Climate change is likely
fueling the larger and more
destructive wildfires that
are scorching vast areas of
the American West, according
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Most Flammable Boreal Forests in North America Become More So
A 2,000-square-kilometer
zone in the Yukon Flats of
interior Alaska -- one of
the most flammable
high-latitude regions of the
world, according to
... > full story
Smoke from Canadian Wildfires Observed in Europe
This summer, Canada is
experiencing unusually
extensive wildfires. This
week alone, 341 new forest
fires have consumed a total
area of 616,000 hectares.
... > full story
Wildfires May Contribute More to Global Warming Than Previously Predicted
Wildfires produce a witch's
brew of carbon-containing
particles, as anyone
downwind of a forest fire
can attest. But measurements
... > full story
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Less Haze in Singapore as the Cause Becomes Clearer and More Complex
July 8, 2013 — Small and large-scale farmers in Riau province, Sumatra, have been blamed for the recent choking smoke smothering Singapore and parts of Malaysia. But scientists in Indonesia have added a third ... > full story -
Climate Change Threatens Forest Survival on Drier, Low-Elevation Sites
June 28, 2013 — Predicted increases in temperature and drought in the coming century may make it more difficult for conifers such as ponderosa pine to regenerate after major forest fires on dry, low-elevation sites, ... > full story -
Research Raises Concerns Over Smoke Detectors' Effectiveness in Waking Children
June 27, 2013 — Standard domestic smoke detectors may not always wake children in the event of a fire, according to new ... > full story -
Amazon Forest Fire Risk to Increase in 2013
June 7, 2013 — University and NASA researchers predict that the severity of the 2013 fire season will be considerably higher than in 2011 and 2012 for many Amazon forests in the Southern Hemisphere. The outlook is ... > full story -
Climate Conditions Determine Amazon Fire Risk
June 7, 2013 — Using an innovative satellite technique, NASA scientists have determined that a previously unmapped type of wildfire in the Amazon rainforest is responsible for destroying several times more forest ... > full story -
Firefighting Robot Paints 3-D Thermal Imaging Picture for Rescuers
June 5, 2013 — Engineers have developed new image processing techniques for rapid exploration and characterization of structural fires by small Segway-like robotic vehicles. A sophisticated on-board software system ... > full story -
Climate Change and Wildfire
May 21, 2013 — Concerns continue to grow about the effects of climate change on fire. Wildfires are expected to increase 50 percent across the United States under a changing climate, over 100 percent in areas of ... > full story -
Satellites See Double Jeopardy for Southern California Fire Season
May 13, 2013 — New insights into two factors that are creating a potentially volatile Southern California wildfire season come from an ongoing project using NASA and Indian satellite data by scientists at NASA's ... > full story -
Physicists Light 'Magnetic Fire' to Reveal Energy's Path
May 13, 2013 — Physicists have uncovered how energy is released and dispersed in magnetic materials in a process akin to the spread of forest fires, a finding that has the potential to deepen our understanding of ... > full story -
Progress in Introducing Cleaner Cook Stoves for Billions of People Worldwide
May 1, 2013 — It may be the 21st century, but nearly half the world's population still cooks and heats with open fires or primitive stoves that burn wood, animal dung, charcoal and other polluting solid fuels. A ... > full story
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