Smoke from Canadian wildfires caused decreasedair qualityin the central and northeastern U.S. this week — as seen in maps and satellite images that show the large-scale impact of the blazes. The National Weather Service said winds were continuing to bring smoke from the fires into the U.S....
In the province of Alberta, Canada, fires have led to the evacuation of thousands of residents. The health impact was “very high risk” on Saturday in the cities of Calgary and Edmonton, theAPreported. The smoke in Montana was mostly in the central and eastern parts of the state. In it...
The 2023 Canadian forest fires have been extreme in scale and intensity with more than seven times the average annual area burned compared to the previous four decades1. Here, we quantify the carbon emissions from these fires from May to September 2023 on the basis of inverse modelling of sate...
these fires exhibited sizes, fire weather, and behaviour consistent with historical fires; there were simply far more of them in 2023. Thirteen fires reported in early May were ignited by lightning and reached final sizes ≥10 000 ha, revealing a previously unrecognized threat. Historically, large...
In a time of climate change, Front Burner brings you expert interviews whether it's fires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, or heat waves. We cover Indigenous issues from the legacy of residential schools to Indigenous politics and newsmakers. The Ezra Klein Show Each Tuesday and Friday, Ezra ...
Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning. The smoke has traveled into the United States, resulting in a number of air quality alerts issued since May. ...
The impact of carbon emission trading policy on energy efficiency—evidence from China Article 18 September 2023 Data availability Compiled from the Comprehensive Energy Use Database, Natural Resources Canada (nrcan.gc.ca). Notes The industrial GDP share of upstream mining industry increased from ...
A view of the city as the smoke from forest fires reaching to the center of Ottawa again with the effects of wind, in Canada on June 25, 2023. (Photo by Kadri Mohamed/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) (Getty Images) This week, more than 490 active wildfires are burning...
Here, we provide a comprehensive review of pre- and post-fire hydrological and ecological interactions that affect the likelihood of peatland burning, address the connections between peatland fires and the C-climate cycle, and provide a conceptual model of peatland processes as they relate to ...
The Indian government denies the allegation. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has more on Canada's claims. And Ian Austen, Canada correspondent with the New York Times, joined CBS News to discuss the situation.Sept 19, 2023...