The 2023 Canadian forest fires have been extreme in scale and intensity with more than seven times the average annual area burned compared to the previous four decades1. Here, we quantify the carbon emissions from these fires from May to September 2023 o
Jiang Y, Zhuang Q (2011) Extreme value analysis of wildfires in Canadian boreal forest ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41, 1836-1851. doi:10.1139/X11-102Jiang, Yueyang, and Qianlai Zhuang. 2011. "Extreme Value Analysis of Wildfires in Canadian Boreal Forest Ecosystems." Canadian...
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...
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...
At the moment, New York City and neighboring areas in New Jersey are facing historic levels of smoke due to more than 400 wildfires in Canada, and Twitter is currently filled with pictures comparing the scene to something out of films like “Lord of the Rings” and ...
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....
Mountain guides play an important role in the provision of nature-based tourism activities, such as mountaineering, in alpine environments around the world. However, these locales are uniquely sensitive to climate change, and despite extensive documentat
Wildfire remote sensing has been recognized for its capacity to detect wildfires (e.g., [21]). However, there is a significant gap between what is required for “early” detection (e.g., identifying small sub-canopy wildfires) for wildfires that require suppression and what can be ...
Updated on: June 7, 2023 / 7:35 PM EDT / CBS News Air quality in New York City plummeted so much in early June that the city had some of the worst air pollution on the planet — and the impact is visible in pictures. Smoke from wildfires burning hundreds of mile north in Canada ...
These statistics of extreme values provide valuable information for future quantification of large fire risks and forest management in the region.doi:10.1139/x11-102Yueyang JiangQianlai ZhuangCanadian Journal of Forest ResearchJiang Y, Zhuang Q (2011) Extreme value analysis of wildfires in Canadian ...