Human safety is one of the most important considerations for building design and management1,2. Indeed, a wide range of natural and anthropogenic emergencies could impose risks on buildings, including fires, earthquakes, and floods3. Unfortunately, in the U.S., active shooter incidents present an...
Until recently, we in south Louisiana were blissfully unaware of how devastating wildfires are. The extreme drought we experienced in 2023 taught us that these weather-related events extend far past California. Several large-scale fires broke out in the summer, and the largest of these spread s...
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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. ...
(This article belongs to the Special IssueSpatio-Temporal Monitoring of Forest Fires and Vegetation) Downloadkeyboard_arrow_down Browse Figures Versions Notes Abstract Live fuel moisture content (LFMC) influences many fire-related aspects, including flammability, ignition, and combustion. In addition, fir...
This translation study assessed the effectiveness of two remotely delivered healthy eating and active living interventions for parents of 2- to 6-year-old children in improving child fruit and vegetable intake, non-core food intake, body mass index (BMI)
Harron's film gets the milieu, the angle and the details right. To properly tell the story of the Manson gang, one needs a certain fellow feeling for the hippies. Without compassion for a life of flamboyant laziness, the Mansons will seem incomprehensible, some unique Southern California plague...
phenomenon that occurs here. Sulfuric gases burst through the rocky surfaces around the lake, combusting when they hit the outside air. This creates flames that shoot up to 16 feet into the air. The fires appear to burn blue and liquid sulfur streams down the mountain like electric blue ...
(Bond and Keeley2005). Fires may influence plant communities by killing small individuals in the understory, which reduces competition and provides greater resources for large individuals. Fire-adapted plants often require smoke, light gaps, or the removal of organic horizons by fire to germinate (...