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Firefighters' Greatest Danger May Not Be Fires, But Lack Of Exercise
May 7, 2001 — Fighting fires is difficult, courageous work, but all of those sedentary hours spent in the firehouse might be just as dangerous as a 3-alarm blaze. A study by the Applied Exercise Science Laboratory ... > full story -
Amazon Roads May Lead To Peril For Rainforest
January 22, 2001 — Brazil may call its plan to carve roads through the fragile Amazon rainforest "Advance Brazil," but a study published in Science shows that the plan's long-term environmental impact could ... > full story -
Unprecedented Fire Season In Southern Africa Aids Air Quality, Climate Change Research
November 29, 2000 — The fires that raged across southern Africa this August and September produced a thick "river of smoke" that observers compared with the aftermath of the Kuwaiti oil fires in 1991. ... > full story -
Plan Fires Timed To La Nina Or El Nino Years, University Of Arizona Tree-Ring Lab Director Urges
October 5, 2000 — Fire history expert Thomas Swetnam, director of the University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, hopes this summer's experience will encourage forest managers to consider the climate ... > full story -
Is Your Home At Risk From Wildfires? Scientist's Work Could Help Find Out
September 19, 2000 — More than 400 homes have been damaged by wildfires this raging in the Western United States - now a scientist is working on a way to find out if your home is at risk. ... > full story -
Big Fire Season Underway In Southern Africa As International Experiment Studies Impacts
September 6, 2000 — SAFARI 2000, the Southern African Regional Science Initiative, brings together over 200 African, U.S., and international scientists in a multidisciplinary research effort aimed at understanding the ... > full story -
GeoMAC Provides Critical Support For Ongoing Western Wildfires
September 4, 2000 — In response to the devastating wildfires that are burning lands across the West, the U.S. Geological Survey has teamed with federal firefighting agencies and private industry to form the Geo-spatial ... > full story -
Study Shows Smoking Is A Leading Cause Of Fire Disaster And Death Worldwide, Costing Over $27 Billion Yearly
August 7, 2000 — Based on a worldwide study of smoking-related fire and disaster data, UC Davis epidemiologists show smoking is a leading cause of fires and death from fires globally, resulting in an estimated cost ... > full story -
Acrid Smoke From Raging Wildfires Hazardous To Those With Lung, Heart Diseases, National Jewish Physician Says
June 15, 2000 — The winds that fan the flames of summertime wildfires also can distribute large plumes of thick smoke miles from the actual fire, causing lung and heart problems for those with chronic health ... > full story -
Los Alamos Fire Imaged By NASA Satellite
May 22, 2000 — The fire that has raged out of control this month near Los Alamos, New Mexico, was captured May 9 in a series of images by the Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (MISR) on NASA's Terra ... > full story
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