WILDFIRESCANADIAN historyCLIMATE changeLIFE sciencesNATURAL disastersThe window between snow melt and leaf flush in broadleaf trees defines a critical period of wildfire susceptibility, especially in western boreal forests. Questions remain about how a warming climate might affect those two processes that bookend the spring fire season.doi...
Helping replant after wildfires California The Arbor Day Foundation and HP bolstered nursery capacity to help supply trees to restore forests after wildfires. Newly planted forests Ireland Working with the Arbor Day Foundation and Trees on the Land, HP is helping to plant over 15,000 tree...
In 2023, wildfires burned 15 million hectares in Canada, more than doubling the previous record. These wildfires caused a record number of evacuations, unprecedented air quality impacts across Canada and the northeastern United States, and substantial strain on fire management resources. Using climate ...
WATCH: How animals cope with wildfires — in the days and years after the burnThumbnail courtesy of Jason Bantle/Nature Conservancy of Canada. The photo was taken at the Old Man on His Back Prairie and Heritage Conservation Area in Saskatchewan. ...
US crews have been deployed to help Canada tackle record wildfires – prompting questions about best practice 美国工作人员已被派去帮助加拿大应对创纪录的野火,这引发了人们对最佳做法的质疑 ——— 滑动看单词 deploy/ dɪˈpl...
"We have more dry debris on the ground and if there's any lightning or any sort of human-caused ignition, we could end up with quite a bit of wildfire this summer." She added that in 2023, wildfires got an early start in the western part of ...
The decades-long fire suppression efforts resulted in a build-up of dense, flammable vegetation across much of the park, and these dense forests blanketing the valley bottoms increase the potential for larger and more intense wildfires. With prescribed fires thinning out dense pine stands, opening ...
“When people are making predictions about climate change, they’re predicting increases in wildfires, so this sort of pollution is likely going to become more common,” said lead author Haley Rogers, who was an undergraduate student when the study was conducted. “So when people are planning ...
Climate-readiness includes measures such as preventing the construction of homes on floodplains, increasing tree coverage in urban forests to reduce the effects of heatwaves, and using data to map and manage the risks of wildfires. The Insurance Bureau of Canada said that severe weather caused 2.1...
Canada is dealing with a series of wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec. Wind has carried smoke from the fires southward, triggering air quality alerts throughout the United States. (June 6) 2 of 12 | The sun rises over a hazy New York City skyline as seen ...