Below is just a selection of the terms often used when talking about wildfires. Fire danger, a helpful part of the terminology, encompasses numerous weather variables such as temperature, relative humidity, wind speeds and precipitation over ...
Wildfires are also recognised as one of the most significant environmental threats in Europe, where most of the burnt areas are concentrated in the Mediterranean region3. The scientific community is actively studying (through in situ observation and remote sensing) fire behavior to better identify ...
Floods, wildfires, and extreme heat have all negatively impacted LTC homes in Fraser Health in recent years, which serves to underscore the importance of being able to provide telehealth options for residents and physicians alike [43]. Finally, many Canadian physicians have expressed a desire to ...
Wildfires are also recognised as one of the most significant environmental threats in Europe, where most of the burnt areas are concentrated in the Mediterranean region3. The scientific community is actively studying (through in situ observation and remote sensing) fire behavior to better identify ...
A chair in Climate Change Adaptation at the Priestley International Centre for Climate at the University of Leeds, his research across the Arctic covers health and well-being, food security, wildfires, and even resource management in the region. ...
Doctors and climate scientists say Canada has already seen harrowing examples of how a warming world will affect health care. More than 600 people died heat-related deaths under British Columbia's 2021 heat dome. Unprecedented wildfires this summer choked the air with pollutants,...
“It’s for the betterment of everybody’s health that we have these measures in place, but it just makes it difficult to (qualify),” said Bishop-Nriagu, who started planning the temporary move to Victoria back in October. The Olympic trials June 24-27 in Montreal are bo...
Yves Bergeron, Dan Simard, Jim W Fyles, and David Paré Vol. 30No. 9pp. 1353–1364 The nonvascular and vascular plant composition of the early regenerating vegetation present following wildfires and clear-cut logging has been compared separately in three areas of the black spruce (Picea mariana...
Tens of thousands of British Columbians each summer go through upheaval as natural disasters such as wildfires take place throughout the province. Learn More arrow_forward News Celebrating 10 years of mental health ride Kelowna’s single largest fundraiser for mental health was back June 11, 2023 ...
Below is just a selection of the terms often used when talking about wildfires. Fire danger, a helpful part of the terminology, encompasses numerous weather variables such as temperature, relative humidity, wind speeds and precipitation over the previous 24 hours to de...