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Fire Ants Killing Baby Song Birds At High Rates
September 12, 2007 — Red imported fire ants may be killing as many as a fifth of baby song birds before they leave the nest, according to new research. Of the nests where there was no pesticide treatment protecting the ... > full story -
Greece Suffers More Fires In 2007 Than In Last Decade, Satellites Reveal
August 29, 2007 — Greece has experienced more wildfire activity this August than other European countries have over the last decade, according to data from ESA satellites. The country is currently battling an outbreak ... > full story -
Wildfires: Homes Fuel The Fires More Than Forests
August 28, 2007 — Why do some forest fires spread rapidly over large areas, destroying and damaging many homes, while others are contained with minimal damage? New research shows a major factor is whether homes are ... > full story -
Fires Raging In Greece
August 27, 2007 — Large parts of the Greek countryside - from the island of Evia north of Athens to the Peloponnese in the south - have been ravaged by some of the worst wildfires in living memory. Firefighting ... > full story -
Climate Change Threatens Siberian Forests
July 31, 2007 — Catastrophic forest fire outbreaks in Siberia are happening more frequently because of climate change, new research suggests. In Central Siberia alone, fires have destroyed 38 000 square kilometers ... > full story -
Floods And Fires Across Europe Captured From Space
July 27, 2007 — Highlighting the extreme weather conditions hitting Europe, space sensors aboard ESA's Envisat satellite have detected the worst floodwaters to hit Britain for 60 years and deadly fires raging ... > full story -
Satellite Survey Links Tropical Park Fires With Poverty And Corruption
July 9, 2007 — According to the first global assessment of forest fire control effectiveness in tropical parks, poverty and corruption correlate closely with lack of fire protection in tropical moist forests. A ... > full story -
Early Fire Risk For Mountains Near Los Angeles
July 2, 2007 — Researchers have developed a new way to predict when vegetation dries to the point it is most vulnerable to large fires in the Santa Monica Mountains near Los Angeles. This year's forecast says the ... > full story -
Salvage Logging, Replanting Increased Biscuit Fire Severity
June 11, 2007 — The Biscuit Fire of 2002 burned more severely in areas that had been salvage logged and replanted, compared to similar areas that were also burned in a 1987 fire but had been left to regenerate ... > full story -
Researchers Hope Virtual Reality Can Help To Prevent Wildfires
June 6, 2007 — The UCF research team is developing an hourlong interactive simulation of a wildfire. Participants will decide whether or not to invest in prescribed burns and fire insurance over a 30-year span. ... > full story
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