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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 -
Southern California Wildfires Pose Health Risks To Children
December 1, 2006 — In October of 2003, multiple wildfires raged throughout Southern California. Now, researchers at the University of Southern California report that residents without asthma in wildfire-endangered ... > full story -
Test Fans The Flames For High-Rise Fire Safety
November 23, 2006 — Reseearchers from NIST, the Chicago Fire Department and the Chicago Housing Authority recently set controlled fires in an abandoned Chicago apartment building to test a new fire-fighting technique -- ... > full story -
Forest Fires May Lead To Cooling Of Northern Climate
November 17, 2006 — Countering hypotheses that forest fires in Alaska, Canada and Siberia warm the climate, scientists at UC Irvine have discovered that cooling may occur in areas where charred trees expose more snow, ... > full story
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