Wildfire News

Posted February 8, 2012:

• Report on Texas Fire Urges Firefighters to Consider Wind Effects

Posted January 18, 2012:

• Impact of Land Use Activity in the Amazon Basin Evaluated

Posted December 22, 2011:

• Reclaiming Land After a Forest Fire

Posted December 20, 2011:

• Forest Health Versus Global Warming: Fuel Reduction Likely to Increase Carbon Emissions

Posted December 16, 2011:

• Rapid Rise in Wildfires in Large Parts of Canada? Ecologists Find Threshold Values for Natural Wildfires

Posted December 7, 2011:

• Study Finds Failure Points in Firefighter Protective Equipment

Posted November 10, 2011:

• Sea Change Can Forecast South American Wildfires

Posted November 9, 2011:

• Aerial Robot System Can Save Firefighter Lives, Study Suggests

Posted November 7, 2011:

• Delaware Fire Service Offers Important Lessons for Fire Prevention Programs Nationwide

Posted November 1, 2011:

• Wetlands: Drying Intensifying Wildfires, Carbon Release Ninefold, Study Finds

Posted October 31, 2011:

• Savannas and Forests in a Battle of the Biomes

Posted October 23, 2011:

• Production of Biofuel from Forests Will Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Study Finds

Posted October 20, 2011:

• Visual Tour of Earth's Fires

Posted October 19, 2011:

• 'Albedo Effect' in Forests Can Cause Added Warming, Bonus Cooling

Posted October 12, 2011:

• Spreading Like Wildfire? Maybe Not Always: Research Helps Define Fire Standards to Protect Homes

Posted October 11, 2011:

• Super-Tough Seed Coat Keeps Michaux's Sumac on Critically Endangered List

Posted October 3, 2011:

• Forest Structure, Services and Biodiversity May Be Lost Even as Form Remains

Posted September 28, 2011:

• In Unique Fire Tests, Outdoor Decks Will Be Under Firebrand Attack

Posted September 14, 2011:

• Researchers Analyze the Evolving Human Relationship With Fire

Posted September 7, 2011:

• Tree Rings Reveal Forest Fires from Hundreds of Years Ago

Posted September 6, 2011:

• Invasive Leafy Spurge Weed: Digital Cameras Open New View of America's West

Posted August 31, 2011:

• Extreme 2010 Russian Fires and Pakistan Floods Linked Meteorologically, Study Suggests

Posted August 22, 2011:

• Southern South American Wildfires Expected to Increase

Posted August 4, 2011:

• Learning to Live With Fire

Posted July 28, 2011:

• NASA Measures Wildfire Pollution Pour Over Niagara Falls

Posted July 27, 2011:

• Tundra Fires Could Accelerate Climate Warming

Posted July 25, 2011:

• Climate Change to Increase Yellowstone Wildfires Dramatically

Posted July 22, 2011:

• U.S. Northwest Forest Plan Has Unintended Benefit – Carbon Sequestration

Posted July 19, 2011:

• Some Desert Birds Less Affected by Wildfires and Climate Change
• Tortoise Populations Can Withstand Fires Every 30 Years

Posted July 14, 2011:

• Wood Products Part of Winning Carbon-Emissions Equation, Researchers Say

Posted July 8, 2011:

• Indoor Air Pollution Linked to Cardiovascular Risk

Posted July 7, 2011:

• Fire to Become Increasingly Important Driver of Atmospheric Change in Warming World

Posted July 1, 2011:

• NASA's Aura Satellite Measures Pollution from New Mexico, Arizona Fires

Posted June 30, 2011:

• Fire Brings Communities Together and Increases Trust in Government

Posted June 27, 2011:

• Peat Wildfire Smoke Linked to Heart Failure Risk

Posted June 21, 2011:

• Taking Stock of US National Fire Plan to Restore Western Forests

Posted June 16, 2011:

• Landsat 5 Satellite Helps Emergency Managers Fight Largest Fire in Arizona History

Posted May 31, 2011:

• How Lodgepole Pines Protect Their Kind Against Fire, Mountain Pine Beetles Infestation

Posted May 17, 2011:

• Forest Service Unveils First Comprehensive Forecast on Southern Forests

Posted May 16, 2011:

• Smoke-Related Chemical Discovered in the Atmosphere Could Have Health Implications

Posted May 4, 2011:

• Improving Post-Fire Forest Management to Promote Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Ecosystems

Posted March 28, 2011:

• Managing Grazing Lands With Fire Improves Profitability, Agricultural Experts Say

Posted March 14, 2011:

• Old-Growth Tree Stumps Tell the Story of Fire in the Upper Midwest

Posted February 25, 2011:

• Fire Paradox: Learning to Live With Fire

Posted February 18, 2011:

• Frequent, Severe Fires Turn Alaskan Forests Into a Carbon Production Line
• Experts Question Aspects of Prescribed Burning

Posted January 22, 2011:

• Persistent Drought to Linger Across Southern United States

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