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...
The country is currently at "national preparedness level 5," meaning Canada has fully committed all its national resources to mobilize the fight against the fires. Chris Stockdale, a wildland fire research officer with the Canadian Forest service,told CBS News last monththat as part of that "lev...
According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, there are more than 880 active fires across the country. According to a map updated daily by the center, these fires are burning from coast to coast, with blazes heavily concentrated in Canada's eastern and western provinces, on both of...
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Alberta on Monday as raging wildfires prompted mass evacuations and reduced energy production in Canada's main oil-producing province, where meteorologists expect virtually no rain for 10 days or so. In the provincial capital Edmonton, Trudeau ...
Canadian fires force evacuations ; British Columbia declares state of emergencyFrom staffwire reports
Studies show these trends are linked to manmade global warming, although individual fires like the one on Tuesday are often triggered by arson, lightning and other causes. Additional reporting by the Associated Press. Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.Andrew Freedman...
At their height the fires shuttered at least 319,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, or 3.7% of national production, and forced around 30,000 Albertans to evacuate their homes.Around 7,000 people remain under evacuation orders and 65 wildfires are still burning, but the cooler weather ...
In 2019 the Canadian Space Agency initiated development of a dedicated wildfire monitoring satellite (WildFireSat) mission. The intent of this mission is to support operational wildfire management, smoke and air quality forecasting, and wildfire carbon e
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