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Engineers Test Effects of Fire on Steel Structures
November 16, 2010 — Researchers are studying the effects of fire on steel structures, such as buildings and bridges, using a one-of-a-kind heating system and a specialized laboratory for testing large beams and other ... > full story -
Another Winter of Extremes in Store for U.S. as La Niña Strengthens
October 22, 2010 — The Pacific Northwest should brace for a colder and wetter than average winter, while most of the South and Southeast will be warmer and drier than average through February 2011, according to the ... > full story -
Fire-Breathing Storm Systems
October 20, 2010 — Pyrocumulonimbus is the fire-breathing dragon of clouds. A cumulonimbus without the "pyre" part is imposing enough -- a massive, anvil-shaped tower of power reaching five miles (8 km) high, hurling ... > full story -
Old Logging Practices Linked to High Erosion Rates
October 19, 2010 — Clear-cut logging and related road-building in the 1950s and 1960s in southern Oregon's Siskiyou Mountains disrupted soil stability and led to unprecedented soil erosion made worse during heavy ... > full story -
New 'Standard Cigarette' Available for Fire-Resistance Testing
September 29, 2010 — An unusual new industrial testing product from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology -- a cigarette deliberately designed to burn stronger than others -- will be used by ... > full story -
Ultrafine Air Particles May Increase Firefighters' Risk for Heart Disease
September 28, 2010 — Firefighters are exposed to potentially dangerous levels of ultrafine particulates at the time they are least likely to wear protective breathing equipment. Because of this, researchers believe ... > full story -
NASA Satellites Reveal Surprising Connection Between Beetle Attacks, Wildfire
September 8, 2010 — If your summer travels have taken you across the Rocky Mountains, you've probably seen large swaths of reddish trees dotting otherwise green forests. While it may look like autumn has come early to ... > full story -
NASA Satellite Data Aid United Nations' Ability to Detect Global Fire Hotspots
September 8, 2010 — In the midst of a difficult fire season in many parts of the world, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization has launched a new online fire detection system that will help firefighters ... > full story -
Fire Fuels Flowers Success
September 7, 2010 — The high incidence of fire during the Cretaceous Period, 120 to 65 million years ago, was responsible for the spread of the earliest flowering plants, new research ... > full story -
Forest Fire Smoke in the Stratosphere: New Insights Into Pyrocumulonimbus Clouds
August 26, 2010 — Meteorologists are now discovering that changes in the frequency of occurrence and intensity of wildfires has substantial consequences for a variety of important problems including atmospheric ... > full story
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