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Improving Post-Fire Forest Management to Promote Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Ecosystems
May 4, 2011 — The occurrence of forest fires is a natural phenomenon in Mediterranean ecosystems. Researchers in Spain recently undertook a project in order to ascertain the extent to which forest fires and common ... > full story -
Managing Grazing Lands With Fire Improves Profitability, Agricultural Experts Say
March 28, 2011 — Recent fire and brush control studies in the Rolling Plains of Texas on a working ranch-scale showed the benefits and limitations of managed fires for reducing mesquite encroachment while sustaining ... > full story -
Old-Growth Tree Stumps Tell the Story of Fire in the Upper Midwest
March 14, 2011 — Researchers have constructed a 226-year history of fire in southern Illinois by looking at fire scars in tree stumps. Their study, the most in-depth fire history reported for the upper Midwest, ... > full story -
Fire Paradox: Learning to Live With Fire
February 25, 2011 — European forests are regularly attacked by fire with often disastrous environmental, economic and social consequences. The most common reaction has been to fight fires at all costs because the ... > full story -
Frequent, Severe Fires Turn Alaskan Forests Into a Carbon Production Line
February 18, 2011 — Alaskan forests used to be important players in Mother Nature's game plan for regulating carbon dioxide levels in the air. It's elementary earth science: Trees take up carbon dioxide and give off ... > full story -
Experts Question Aspects of Prescribed Burning
February 18, 2011 — Prescribed burning to reduce the hazards of bushfires may do more harm than good in some circumstances, according to a group of leading environmental ... > full story -
Persistent Drought to Linger Across Southern United States
January 22, 2011 — While wet and snowy weather has dominated the western U.S., persistent drought conditions are likely to linger in the Southern Plains and Southeast through mid to late spring, according to NOAA's ... > full story -
Radiometer Finds Sources of Fire
January 10, 2011 — Forest fires usually spread out of control very quickly. Fires that produce a lot of smoke are particularly challenging for the emergency services, because the source of the fire is then especially ... > full story -
Early Settlers Rapidly Transformed New Zealand Forests With Fire
December 13, 2010 — New research indicates that the speed of early forest clearance following human colonization of the South Island of New Zealand was much faster and more intense than previously ... > full story -
Fire Disaster in Israel Is a Typical Example of Expected Climate Change Effects in the Mediterranean
December 8, 2010 — The fire disaster in the Carmel Mountains near Haifa is a typical example of climate change effect and a taste of the future, says a researcher. Ten years ago he had warned of expected climatic ... > full story -
Northern Wildfires Threaten Runaway Climate Change, Study Reveals
December 5, 2010 — A new study reveals that fires in the Alaskan interior have become more severe in the last decade, resulting in more carbon being released than is being stored. About half the world's soil carbon is ... > full story -
Fire Forecast Technology Could Help Rescue Teams Save Lives
November 29, 2010 — Fires in homes and offices could be tackled more efficiently using technology that predicts how a blaze will ... > full story
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