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Sep. 8, 2021 Every summer, wildfires rage across the western U.S., and wildland firefighters are tasked with putting them out. But in the process, they inhale smoke and all the compounds in it, which can be ...
July 14, 2021 Firefighters battling wildfires in the western United States use a variety of suppression tactics to get the flames under control. Prescribed burns, or controlled fires intentionally set to clear ...
Jan. 31, 2023 A new conceptual framework for incorporating the way plants use carbon and water, or plant dynamics, into fine-scale computer models of wildland fire provides a critical first step toward improved ...
May 3, 2021 In advance of a wildfire season projected to be among the worst, a new report calls for a unified federal response to wildfires that includes investment in research on smoke exposure and forecasting, ...
Nov. 1, 2022 Wildfires may seem unpredictable, leaving random ruin in their wake. Engineers have now developed a model that can predict how wildfire will impact a community down to which buildings will burn. They ...
Jan. 18, 2023 Seasonal temperature, moisture loss from plants and wind speed are what primarily drive fires that sweep across the same landscape multiple times, a new study reveals. These findings and others could ...
May 3, 2021 Volunteer firefighters -- who comprise more than 65 percent of the U.S. fire service -- have higher levels of 'forever chemicals,' per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in their ...
June 14, 2022 Temperatures inside new wildfire shelter prototypes remained within survival limits for longer, and the shelters took longer to break open, compared with an industry ...
Dec. 4, 2023 Utah's variable topography produces a tremendous range of wildfire behavior, according to new ...
Mar. 25, 2024 A new study reveals how fire suppression ensures that wildfires will burn under extreme conditions at high severity, exacerbating the impacts of climate change and fuel ...