Wildfire News

Posted September 18, 2003:

• New Technology Helps Fire Managers Anticipate Smoke Problems

Posted July 23, 2003:

• Cool 'Eyes' Above Help Track Hot Fires Below

Posted July 1, 2003:

• Burning Forests Speedily Space-Mapped For Fire Fighters

Posted June 16, 2003:

• Western Wildfires Linked To Variations In Climate

Posted April 10, 2003:

• New Wildfire-Detection Research Will Pinpoint Small Fires From 10,000 Feet

Posted April 4, 2003:

• NASA Ties El Nino Induced Drought To Record Air Pollution From Fires

Posted March 27, 2003:

• Humongous Fungus A New Kind Of Individual

Posted March 25, 2003:

• Fire Frequency Determines Forest Carbon Storage

Posted January 27, 2003:

• Workers At Australian Site Save Space Antennas From Wildfire

Posted January 8, 2003:

• Astronauts To Fight Fire With Fog During Space Shuttle Flight

Posted December 27, 2002:

• Are Wildland Fires Fueling The Greenhouse?

Posted September 10, 2002:

• Earth Suffered Pulses Of Misery In Global Wildfires Of 65 Million Years Ago

Posted September 3, 2002:

• 9-11 Rescue Crews Could Have Used Waterjet Technology To Cut Through Rubble And Fight Fire

Posted August 19, 2002:

• Putting Out A Forest Fire Is Just The Beginning: Maryland Researchers Apply Satellite Data For Forest Rehabilitation

Posted August 16, 2002:

• Instrument Aboard NASA's Aqua Satellite Joins Twin To Begin Comprehensive Global Coverage

Posted August 5, 2002:

• Without Fire, Red Pines Could Disappear, Model Shows

Posted December 3, 2001:

• Past Fire Regime Is Key To Managing Chaparral Fires In Southern California

Posted November 20, 2001:

• Soot Science: It's A Dirty Job, But Somebody Has To Do It

Posted September 25, 2001:

• Prescribed Burning May Threaten Ground Nesting Birds

Posted August 28, 2001:

• Researchers Find Mercury Pollution In Wildfires

Posted August 21, 2001:

• NASA Satellite, University Of Maryland And U.S. Forest Service Provide Rapid Response To Wildfires

Posted August 8, 2001:

• Survival Of Quaking Aspen Groves A Complex Problem

Posted July 16, 2001:

• Scripps Researchers Unveil The First Comprehensive Wildfire Forecast For The Western United States

Posted May 7, 2001:

• Firefighters' Greatest Danger May Not Be Fires, But Lack Of Exercise

Posted January 22, 2001:

• Amazon Roads May Lead To Peril For Rainforest

Posted November 29, 2000:

• Unprecedented Fire Season In Southern Africa Aids Air Quality, Climate Change Research

Posted October 5, 2000:

• Plan Fires Timed To La Nina Or El Nino Years, University Of Arizona Tree-Ring Lab Director Urges

Posted September 19, 2000:

• Is Your Home At Risk From Wildfires? Scientist's Work Could Help Find Out

Posted September 6, 2000:

• Big Fire Season Underway In Southern Africa As International Experiment Studies Impacts

Posted September 4, 2000:

• GeoMAC Provides Critical Support For Ongoing Western Wildfires

Posted August 7, 2000:

• Study Shows Smoking Is A Leading Cause Of Fire Disaster And Death Worldwide, Costing Over $27 Billion Yearly

Posted June 15, 2000:

• Acrid Smoke From Raging Wildfires Hazardous To Those With Lung, Heart Diseases, National Jewish Physician Says

Posted May 22, 2000:

• Los Alamos Fire Imaged By NASA Satellite

Posted April 25, 2000:

• Texas Tech Developing Toxic Fire Ant Fungus

Posted December 17, 1999:

• Wildfire Chemistry Model Assesses Long Range Fire Effects

Posted September 23, 1999:

• Fire Ants Can Attack Humans In Homes Or Health Care Facilities

Posted September 22, 1999:

• USGS Studies Wildfire Ecology In The Western United States

Posted September 8, 1999:

• Satellite Fire Alarms Keep Watch On Raging California Fires

Posted September 3, 1999:

• Using New Satellite Maps, Scientists Get A Clear View Of This Summer's Developing Drought

Posted July 15, 1999:

• Groundwater Impacted By Fire-Fighting Foams

Posted July 8, 1999:

• NCAR Scientists Seek Clues To Wildfires During Alaska Prescribed Burn

Posted June 14, 1999:

• USGS Study Casts Doubt On Role Of Fire Suppression In Causing Catastrophic Shrubland Wildfires

Posted March 25, 1999:

• "Smart" Fire-Resistant Polymers Under Study For Use In Aircraft

Posted December 21, 1998:

• Clemson Fire Ant Research Uses Biological Approach

Posted December 7, 1998:

• Global Climate Change: Ill-Wind For California Wildfires

Posted October 14, 1998:

• Smoke Breathes New Life Into A Forest

Posted September 18, 1998:

• Computer Simulation Of Matches And Trees Can Be Used To Predict And Prevent Large Forest Fires, Cornell Geologists Say

Posted September 11, 1998:

• Fire On The Move

Posted August 24, 1998:

• NCAR Scientists And Instruments To Fly Over Raging Wildfires

Posted May 6, 1998:

• Bison Grazing Increases Biodiversity In Grasslands

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