2023, for instance, was the worst year on record for wildfires in Canada, with the total area burned amounting to 18.5 million hectares – two and a half times the previous record, which was set in 1995. That’s in addition to multiple floods and storms, all of which have led to sever...
thereby affecting estimations of burn rate. Moreover, in some areas, fires can be rare and yet very large. When roads cross such large fires, it can lead to an overestimation of the number of burned cells compared with the average burn rate of the corresponding region. For all those reason...
Wildfires are expected to become more frequent and severe in many parts of Canada with climate change [168]. Further, drought has been associated with periods of extreme heat which can present a range of health impacts that need to be addressed. In addition to its direct impact on human ...