An interactive map of particle pollution levels from The Associated Press, based onNOAA, EPA and other data, showed a large area of red, indicating an "unhealthy" Air Quality Index, over northwestern New York and Toronto. There were also some red spots in the Midwest, while further north in...
There was "widespread improvement" in air quality overnight Thursday into Friday as the thickest wildfire smoke drifted out to the Atlantic, said NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. There was widespread improvement in air quality over...
MORE: Wildfire smoke map: Forecast shows which US cities, states are being impacted by Canadian wildfires On Tuesday afternoon the AQI in Milwaukee registered in the "very unhealthy" category. "The most significant air quality and health impacts are anticipated between noon on ...
Kitzberger, T., Falk, D. A., Westerling, A. L. & Swetnam, T. W. Direct and indirect climate controls predict heterogeneous early-mid 21st century wildfire burned area across western and boreal North America.PLoS ONE12, 0188486 (2017). ArticleGoogle Scholar Nitschke, C. R. & Innes, J....
Wildfire Burn severity Boreal Fungi and bacteria Pyrophilic Fire response 1. Introduction The boreal forests of Canada hold roughly 10% (between 168 and 200 Pg) of total global terrestrial carbon (C) stocks (Bradshaw and Warkentin, 2015) and cover about 55% of the country's landmass (Brand...
(Water Balance Simulation Model) is applied. Calibration and validation provide very accurate results and also the observed declining runoff trend can be reproduced with a slightly differing inclination. Besides climate change induced runoff variations, the impact of a vast wildfire in 2003 is analyzed...
The well-developed moss and shrub layers of old forests also contribute to stream bank stability [16] and stream water quality through sediment retention, water filtering and cooling [17]. The destruction of these stands by wildfire negatively impacts water quality for several years, due to the ...
People can take steps now to prepare in advance of wildfires and the spreading of wildfire smoke: Get a portable air cleaner with a HEPA filter if you are able, or a do-it-yourself air cleaner. If you can’t keep your whole home clean and cool, focus on one room such as a bedroom...
Over 27 million acres of land have burned across Canada since the start of the 2023, marking the country's worst wildfire season on record.
The Canadian government recently issued an updated outlook for the country's wildfire season, which usually stretches from May through October. The most recent outlook, published earlier in July, said the wildfire season this year is "Canada's most severe on record" and warned that current ...