Wildfire News

Posted January 27, 2010:

• Effects of Forest Fire on Carbon Emissions, Climate Impacts Often Overestimated
• The Secret Life of Smoke in Fostering Rebirth and Renewal of Burned Landscape

Posted January 11, 2010:

• Can a Drop of Water Cause Sunburn or Fire? Leaves of Certain Plants Are Susceptible to Leaf Burn from Too Much Sun

Posted December 22, 2009:

• Wild Chimps Have Near Human Understanding of Fire

Posted December 15, 2009:

• New Results from a 'Terra-Ific' Decade in Orbit

Posted December 7, 2009:

• New Forest Fire Detection System Prototype Installed at Lake Tahoe

Posted November 6, 2009:

• Fewer Than One In Three Toronto Bystanders Who Witness A Cardiac Arrest Try To Help

Posted November 2, 2009:

• Navy Researchers Apply Science To Fire Fighting

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Liquid Granite: Building Material Of The Future Unveiled

Posted October 28, 2009:

• Trees Facilitate Wildfires As A Way To Protect Their Habitat

Posted October 22, 2009:

• Sensing Disasters From Space: 'Earth Binoculars' See Our Planet Through An Astral Lens

Posted October 6, 2009:

• Electrosurgical Devices, Lasers Cited As Most Common Igniters Of Operating Room Fires

Posted September 24, 2009:

• Plants' Response To Fire Tested

Posted September 23, 2009:

• New Stove Dramatically Improves Lung Health In Mexican Women

Posted September 15, 2009:

• Northwestern United States Could Face More Tamarisk -- Aggressive Invasive Plant -- By Century's End

Posted September 8, 2009:

• Pollution From California Wildfires Spreads Across The United States

Posted August 25, 2009:

• World's Last Great Forest Under Threat: New Study

Posted August 11, 2009:

• Unmanned Aircraft Map Northern Wildfires

Posted July 30, 2009:

• Model Predicts Evolution Of Mediterranean Landscape Following Fires

Posted July 29, 2009:

• Large Trees Declining In Yosemite National Park, U.S.

Posted July 28, 2009:

• Scientists Expect Wildfires To Increase As Climate Warms In Coming Decades

Posted July 19, 2009:

• Controlling Red Imported Fire Ants Two Ways

Posted July 8, 2009:

• Forest Fire Prevention Efforts Could Lessen Carbon Sequestration, Add To Greenhouse Warming

Posted July 5, 2009:

• Fire Ant Outcompetes Other Species, Even In Its Native Habitat

Posted June 26, 2009:

• In The Warming West, Climate Most Significant Factor In Fanning Wildfires' Flames

Posted June 17, 2009:

• First Detailed Look At Progress Of A Wildland-Urban Fire

Posted June 8, 2009:

• Fire Mitigation Work In Western US Misplaced, Says New Study

Posted May 19, 2009:

• Repeated Fire And Drought: A Menace For Mediterranean Forests

Posted April 30, 2009:

• Climate Adds Fuel To Asian Wildfire Emissions
• Gene Altering Chemicals Found In Forest Fire Smoke

Posted April 27, 2009:

• Cousin Of The 'Ice That Burns' Emerges As Greener New Way To Fight Fires

Posted April 23, 2009:

• Fire Influences Global Warming More Than Previously Thought

Posted April 21, 2009:

• Plants Could Override Climate Change Effects On Wildfires

Posted April 7, 2009:

• Climate Change To Spur Rapid Shifts In Wildfire Hotspots, Analysis Finds
• Reserves Found To Be 'Effective Tool' For Reducing Fires In Brazilian Rainforests

Posted April 1, 2009:

• Climate Change Effects In California

Posted March 25, 2009:

• Stairwell Evacuation Study Finds 'What We Know We Don't Know'

Posted March 20, 2009:

• Management Options After Fires In Diverse Ecosystems Described

Posted March 19, 2009:

• Fuel Removal And Prescribed Burns Reduce Wildfire Severity But May Invite Invasives

Posted March 18, 2009:

• Electronic Nose Sniffs Hazards

Posted March 4, 2009:

• Summer Burning May Be Option For Pasture Maintenance

Posted February 26, 2009:

• Experimental Fire Provides Knowledge About Damage After Forest Fires
• Wildfires: Why California Should Consider Australia's 'Prepare, Stay And Defend' Policy

Posted February 22, 2009:

• Human Role In Indonesian Forest Fires Traced

Posted February 3, 2009:

• Violent Computer Games Have Role In Fire Safety

Posted January 26, 2009:

• 12,900 Years Ago: North American Comet Impact Theory Disproved

Posted January 22, 2009:

• Global Warming: Tree Deaths Have Doubled Across The Western U.S.

Posted January 16, 2009:

• Slight Changes In Climate May Trigger Abrupt Ecosystem Responses

Posted January 12, 2009:

• Five Invasive Plants Threatening Southern Forests In 2009 Identified

Posted December 8, 2008:

• Global Warming Aided By Drought, Deforestation Link

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