WILDFIRE preventionWILDFIRESEVIDENCE gapsINDIGENOUS peoplesIn Canada, Indigenous populations are disproportionately threatened by wildfire smoke and the associated adverse health impacts. This paper presents the results of a narrative review of 51 academic and related resources which explored protective action ...
June 7, 2023, in New York. The smoke from Canadian wildfires that drifted into the U.S. led to a spike in people with asthma visiting emergency rooms — particularly in the New York area. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published two studies Thursday, ...
MORE: Canada's unprecedented wildfires could soon get worse, experts say Because of climate change, experts have said there will likely be more record-setting wildfires, which in turn will lead to more people inhaling smoke and likely an increase in ER visits. "As wildfire smoke e...
Over the past six weeks,hundreds of out-of-control wildfires have spread across Canada, causing mass evacuations and burning through millions of acres. While the Canada wildfire season runs from May through October, such destruction this early in the season is rare. One month in, Canada is on...
Wildfire weather conditions across portions of Southern California will largely remain critically elevated through Thursday and possibly Friday as well, according to the National Weather Service. Cecelia Smith-SchoenwalderJan. 8, 2025 Are U.S. Wildfires Increasing? Minutes of the central bank’s ...
HALIFAX — After last summer's heat waves, deadly floods and record-breaking wildfires, some scientists are urging Canadian health professionals to help their patients better prepare for climate change-related extreme weather and natural disasters....
FUEL reduction (Wildfire prevention)FUELWOODINFRARED imagingSatellite data are effective for mapping wildfires, particularly in remote locations where monitoring is rare. Geolocated fire detections can be used for enhanced fire management and fire modelling through daily fire progression mapping. Here we ...
WILDFIRESATMOSPHERIC chemistryWILDFIRE preventionFOURIER transform spectrometersBIOMASS burningFUEL reduction (Wildfire prevention)CHEMISTRY experimentsPyrocumulonimbus clouds (pyroCbs) generated by intense wildfires can serve as a direct pathway for the injection of aerosols and gaseous pollut...
Because of climate change, experts have said there will likely be more record-setting wildfires, which in turn will lead to more people inhaling smoke and likely an increase in ER visits. "As wildfire smoke events become more frequent and widespread, the findings from this analysis can enhance...
During April 30-August 4, 2023, smoke originating from wildfires in Canada affected most of the contiguous United States. CDC used National Syndromic Surveillance Program data to assess numbers and percentages of asthma-associated emergency department (ED) visits on days with wildfire...