performance of the top-down estimates are provided in Supplementary Information sections1and2). We find the top-down estimates are relatively insensitive to choices about inversion configuration but do show sensitivity to prescribed hydroxyl radical (OH) abundances19, which determine the atmospheric life...
Wildfire smoke is also causing bouts of poor air quality across much of Canada and parts of the US. So far, we don’t think this has had a measurable macroeconomic impact. But, if the wildfires lead to a large number of poor air quality days this summer, outdoor economic activities like...
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Canadian media personality George Stroumboulopoulos said eight people, two dogs and a cat took refuge in his Los Angeles home after he opened his doors to friends caught in the wildfires. Stroumboulopoulos said he has no plans to leave unless forced to evacuate. “No one knocked on my door...
In 2013 he went to Calgary to attend floods, in 2014 he saw floods in Winnipeg, and in 2016 he went to Alberta twice for wildfires near Edmonton and Fort McMurray. In 2018 he had several B.C. deployments for wildfires, and this year he was sent to Ottawa to help with floo...
Okay, so I’ll admit it. I grew up in a little bit of a bubble when I was a kid. My parents dreaded camping, hiking, hunting, and pretty much anything outdoorsy. Furthermore, the information my father did know about cars and maintaining them was just not passed down so well to me...
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to emergency services to accommodate the demand on the health system. For example:“nurses are being moved into the hospital’s emergency department to help people deal with the current heat wave, the heavy smoke from wildfires and COVID”[59]. Concerns were raised about the prolonged wait ...