" she told Canadian public broadcaster CBC, referring to the period generally thought of as being from May to September, "but our fires did not stop burning in 2023. Our fires dug underground, and have been burning pretty much all winter."...
In April, Canadian officials warned the country could face another catastrophic wildfire season after last year'shistoric fires. There were warmer-than-normal temperatures and widespread drought conditions across Canada this winter, officials disclosed. Weather outlooks indicate that Canada can expect high...
Wildfires can be normal and healthy parts of an ecosystem, buttoday's fires can burn into unnatural infernos, producing unhealthy smoke that adversely impactspeople's healthhundreds of miles away. Different regions, at different times of year, will have a variety of influences stoking flames. Yet...
SEE ALSO:After an epic year of wildfires, Canada's air isn't as clean as it used to be The change is attributed to the enormous loss of tree cover last year in Canada. Canada'swildfire season was the worst on record, with five times more tre...
Wildfires can be normal and healthy parts of an ecosystem, but today's fires can burn into unnatural infernos, producing unhealthy smoke that adversely impacts people's health hundreds of miles away. Different regions, at different times of year, will have a variety of influences stoking flames...
Anthropogenic climate change impacts exacerbate summer forest fires in California. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. 120, e2213815120 (2023). Article CAS Google Scholar Abatzoglou, J. T. & Williams, A. P. Impact of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire across western US forests. Proc. Natl Acad. ...
Another factor is that the world has cycled away from a cooler La Niña climate pattern towards a much warmerEl Niño. Hotter temperatures can lead to more dried out plant matter which can, in turn, lead to more fuel for fires.The verdict is outon ...
was tough to gauge, said Vancouver Fire Chief Karen Fry. They didn’t have the data categorized correctly, but they knew fires were up, fueled by a trend towards inhalation and torches — veritable fire starters — to consume opioids. A small correlation was found between fires and overdoses...
This is a separate wildfire than the fires that caused hazy skies for us last week. Last week, thePhiladelphia region saw hazy sunsets due to smoke that drifted down from wildfires in Alberta, Canada, over 2,000 miles away. That smoke was carried high in the atmosphe...
The 2023 wildfire season in Canada was the worst on record, with 6,551 fires scorching nearly 46 million acres, from the West Coast to the Atlantic provinces and the far north. The impact on the environment, particularly air quality, in both Canada and the United States was profound. As ...