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NIST Building Safety Efforts Mark Fifth Anniversary Of RI Nightclub Fire
February 19, 2008 — Five years ago on Feb. 20, 2003, pyrotechnics lit during a concert at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., started a rapidly spreading fire that caused the deaths of 100 ... > full story -
2007 A Top Ten Warm Year For U.S. And Globe
December 30, 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 -
Christmas Tree, Holiday Light, Safety Tips
December 20, 2007 — When we think of the holiday season, pleasant and joyous thoughts come to mind but each and every year there are those families for whom the holidays turn tragic. Fires during the holiday season each ... > full story -
Forest Service Launches Web-Based Forest Threats Viewing Tool
December 18, 2007 — 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 -
Beetle Dung Helps Forests Recover From Fire
December 3, 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 1, 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 -
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 -
Wildfire Drives Carbon Levels In Northern Forests
October 31, 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 -
Popular Asthma Medication Linked To Respiratory Improvement In NYC Firefighters
October 24, 2007 — New research examined the effectiveness of ICS in preventing asthma and other respiratory illness due to inhalation exposures experienced by NYC firefighters after the World Trade Center collapse. ... > full story -
Massive California Fires Consistent With Climate Change, Experts Say
October 24, 2007 — The catastrophic fires that are sweeping Southern California are consistent with what climate change models have been predicting for years, experts say, and they may be just a prelude to many more ... > full story
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