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 ...
The objective of this project is to demonstrate the potential of deep learning in predicting wildfires across Canada. The model developed here serves as a proof of concept and is not yet fully optimized, its goal is to offer valuable insights into how advanced machine learning techniques can be...
CBD product company Highline Wellness celebrated its first birthday with a 20% off sitewide sale—and in support of the Australian wildfires, it donated 5% of all sales made to Bush Heritage Australia. The Highline Wellness team even tested impact messaging against product-focused messaging in the...
The North Slave Region experiences stand-replacing wildfires, yet the charcoal records presented here suggest that fire activity has varied greatly throughout the Holocene. Variations in fire activity can be attributed to regional level top-down controls, such as climate variability, as well as bottom...
The heat was followed by 1600 wildfires across the province affecting 9000 km2 of forest and increased climate change anxiety among British Columbians [25]. While many parts of Canada have been experiencing severe climate impacts, Canada's action on climate policy is not aligned with calls for ...
Vulnerability of carbon storage in North American boreal forests to wildfires during the 21st century. Glob Change Biol. 2009;15(6):1491–510. Article Google Scholar Weed AS, Ayres MP, Hicke JA. Consequences of climate change for biotic disturbances in North American forests. Ecol Monogr. ...
A semiparametric copula joint framework was proposed to model wind gust speed (WGS) and maximum temperature (MT) in Canada, using Gaussian kernel density estimation (GKDE) with parametric copulas. Their joint probability estimates allow for a better unde
above-threshold area ratios all dropped sharply. At the same time in Vancouver, due to the impact of wildfires, the above-threshold area ratio did not decrease even during the lockdown period. With the start of the first-stage reopening in Toronto, the areas above different NO2threshold ...
Superimposed on these have been wildfires and a major mountain pine beetle infestation leading to higher erosion rates in the affected areas. Conclusions The sediment source fingerprinting technique, in combination with historical information on the hydrometeorology and the land use and river management ...
As climate change worsens, wildfires tend to be larger, more frequent, and longer in duration, and measures need to be taken to reduce wildfire impacts on the environment, climate, and ecosystems. Both optical and SAR data are useful in monitoring wildfire progression and assessing the short and...