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Putting Out A Forest Fire Is Just The Beginning: Maryland Researchers Apply Satellite Data For Forest Rehabilitation
August 19, 2002 — Even before a forest fire is out, federal land management agencies must assess burn damage and move to protect soil stability and water quality in the hardest hit areas. With some 5.5 million acres ... > full story -
Instrument Aboard NASA's Aqua Satellite Joins Twin To Begin Comprehensive Global Coverage
August 16, 2002 — Roughly 438 miles above the Earth, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite opened its Earth-view door on June 24 and took its first look ... > full story -
Without Fire, Red Pines Could Disappear, Model Shows
August 5, 2002 — In the northeastern corner of Minnesota stand towering groves of red pine trees stretching some 80 feet into the sky. But these red pine groves could eventually vanish from Minnesota's Boundary ... > full story -
Past Fire Regime Is Key To Managing Chaparral Fires In Southern California
December 3, 2001 — Understanding the natural role of fire in chaparral ecosystems is necessary to effectively manage fires in southern California’s shrublands, where large, high-intensity fires sweep the ... > full story -
Soot Science: It's A Dirty Job, But Somebody Has To Do It
November 20, 2001 — Chimney sweeps are not the only people who make a living out of soot. Some scientists have devoted careers to studying soot, which turns out to be a somewhat mysterious ... > full story -
Prescribed Burning May Threaten Ground Nesting Birds
September 25, 2001 — Prescribed burning could be a good way to restore oak forests in the eastern U.S. -- but it might also have some unwanted ecological effects. The first study of bird recovery after prescribed burning ... > full story -
Researchers Find Mercury Pollution In Wildfires
August 28, 2001 — As thousands of acres continue to burn across the western United States, scientists are flying over wildfires in the Pacific Northwest to measure mercury emissions in their smoke. The National Center ... > full story -
NASA Satellite, University Of Maryland And U.S. Forest Service Provide Rapid Response To Wildfires
August 21, 2001 — U.S. firefighters and land managers are using the most modern NASA-satellite data to combat wildfires. NASA's Terra satellite provides a view of fires across the entire United States, which helps ... > full story -
Survival Of Quaking Aspen Groves A Complex Problem
August 8, 2001 — Quaking aspen groves in the American West have been on the decline since the beginning of serious settlement and exploitation, but recent studies of California aspen by Penn State geographers suggest ... > full story -
Scripps Researchers Unveil The First Comprehensive Wildfire Forecast For The Western United States
July 16, 2001 — Using statistical methods developed in climate forecasting research, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, have constructed the first ... > full story
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