It also boasts a ‘pump and roll’ capability that allows it to deliver water while moving, to extinguish bush or grass fires." Compressed Air Foam System Quotes to be attributed to FRNSW Zone Commander, Mark Cavanough: "The local crew won’t waste any time familiarizing itself with its ...
While the largest fires contributed the largest area in stand replacement fire, much of the fire footprint of these fires exhibited complex spatial patterns of fire severity, offering added, rather than reduced, complexity to the landscape. Hence, large fires at characteristic frequency in this land...
During the 2017 record-breaking burning season in Canada / United States, intense wild fires raged during the first week of September in the Pacific northwestern region (British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and northern California) burning mostly temperate coniferous forests. ...
M-class sun storms are more powerful, but still considerate to be mid-level events, and can super-charge the northern lights displays caused by Earth's auroras. When aimed at Earth, the most powerful X-class flares are ones that can interfere with satellite-based communications and navigation...
Pierre Valley, northern Gaspé Peninsula, Province of Quebec, eastern Canada; B) aerial view of the west-facing scree slope studied T3 from a Landsat image; C) photograph of the talus slope by the author. In the low-elevated coastal valleys, the climate is influenced by the sea, with an...
“It’s common to have power lines run across bodies of water across Central and Northern California,” Contreras said. “It is possible the line was energized when it came down. PG&E Public Safety Specialists regularly meet with first responders in Humboldt County about how to handle downed po...
(2) Methods: A fire intensity (FI) index was developed with Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) active fires and then applied to identify fire-hazardous areas in Northeast China. Combined with terrain, land cover and net primary productivity (NPP), the spatial and temporal ...
DMSP-OLS estimation of tropical forest area impacted by surface fires in Roraima, Brazil: 1995 versus 1998. Int. J. Remote Sens. 2001, 22, 2661–2673. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Elvidge, C.D.; Nelson, I.; Hobson, V.R.; Safran, J.; Baugh, K.E. Detection of fires at night ...
and a fall season (where winds usually fuel the fires). During August and part of September, wildfire high-risk zones tend to extend into the inland valleys and foothills, mainly in the northern part of the state. From ...
Almost 50 years ago, a gaping, fiery crater opened up in the desert of northern Turkmenistan. The Darvaza Crater, also known as the Door to Hell, is still burning today, and at night its glow can be seen from miles away. The crater is thought to have been created by a Russian natural...