Is wildfire smoke dangerous? For most people,the impact(影响) of wildfire smoke is only short-lived.Effects can include irritation(刺激) of the eyes,nose and throat;coughing and shortness of breath.They will get worse the more time you spend outdoors,especially if you're active outside-doing...
conifer forest to moist spruce–fir ecosystems, the latter arising only 4600 years ago, late by comparison to other ESSF sites in the region. Repeated disturbance in the mid Holocene by wildfire coupled with volcanic ash deposition and increased climatic variation resulted in recurringPinus contorta...
"We have known, deployable, cost-effective solutions to mitigate some risk being realized in this country due to flooding, wildfire and extreme heat in particular,” Feltmate told an audience of about 750 Wednesday. “And we are not deploying those solutions quickly enough.”...
This data descriptor documents a dataset containing over 38 years of global reanalysis of wildfire danger. It consists of seven fields to assess fuel moisture as well as fire behavior. The methodology employed to generate these data is based on the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Danger Rating and u...
We examined the short-term (2 year) responses of boreal forest ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) to the individual and combined effects of wildfire, harvesting, and herbicide. Ground beetle responses to wildfire and forestry-related disturbances differed strongly and suggested that, although some...
"Spring snowmelt is an important source of freshwater to regenerate surface water (e.g. in wetlands) and groundwater used for agriculture and human consumption," he added. "Dry snow years are also associated with heightened wildfire risk...
For its simplicity of calculation the FWI danger rating system is adopted by many fire agencies around the world and operationally used to issue fire alerts and allocate resources on the ground. The FWI system is also an important building block of the Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS, ...
CBC Kids News talked to two children's lung specialists.Tom Kovesi and Dan Hughes,to find out how kids can stay safe. Is wildfire smoke dangerous? For most people,the impact(影响) of wildfire smoke is only short-lived.Effects can include irritation(刺激) of the eyes,nose and throat;...
The importance of forest floor disturbance in the early regeneration patterns of the boreal forest of western and central Quebec: A wildfire versus logging comparison. Can. J. For. Res. 2000, 30, 1353–1364. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Thiffault, N.; Grondin, P.; Noël, J.; Poirier...