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Slow But Sure -- Burned Forest Lands Regenerate Naturally
April 4, 2007 — A new study of forest lands that burned in the 1990s in northern California and southwestern Oregon has concluded there is a "fair to excellent" chance that an adequate level of conifers will ... > full story -
Battlefield And Terrorist Explosions Pose New Health Risks
March 27, 2007 — Scientists are reporting new evidence from experiments with laboratory rats that high concentrations of nitrogen dioxide gas -- inhaled for even very brief periods following fires, explosions of ... > full story -
Emergency Responses Greatly Increase Risk To Firefighters Of Dying On Duty From Heart Disease
March 21, 2007 — In a new, large-scale study, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health examined the link between CHD deaths and firefighting and looked at specific job duties to see which might increase ... > full story -
NASA Data Link Indonesian Wildfire Flare-Up To Recent El Nino
March 1, 2007 — Scientists using NASA satellite and rainfall data have linked the recent El Nino to the greatest rise in wildfire activity in Indonesia since the record-breaking 1997-98 El ... > full story -
Human Factors Analysis Reveals Ways To Reduce Friendly Fire Incidents
February 23, 2007 — The causes and possible mitigators of friendly fire are being studied by a group of human factors/ergonomics researchers. Their findings include a taxonomy by which troop teamwork could be ... > full story -
Students Set To Fly Fire Balls In Space
February 12, 2007 — Fires don't break out very often on board orbiting spacecraft, but when they do, standard fire extinguishers aren't necessarily the best way to put them out. Oddly enough -- after decades of ... > full story -
Fires Fuel Mercury Emissions, University Of Michigan Study Finds
January 9, 2007 — Forest fires release more mercury into the atmosphere than previously recognized, a multidisciplinary research project at the University of Michigan ... > full story -
Western Wildfires Linked To Atlantic Ocean Surface Temperatures
December 26, 2006 — Western U.S. wildfires are likely to increase in the coming decades, according to a new tree-ring study led by the University of Comahue in Argentina and involving the University of Colorado at ... > full story -
NASA Data Helps Pinpoint Wildfire Threats
December 20, 2006 — NASA data from earth observation satellites is helping build the capability to determine when and where wildfires may occur by providing details on plant conditions, according to a recent ... > full story -
Biologists Suspect Lightning Fires Help Preserve Oak Forests
December 12, 2006 — Oak forests may be approaching extinction, but lightning fires may play a vital role in their regeneration, according to Case Western Reserve University ... > full story
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