Native forests and plantations occupy a central role in the discussion of the international policy agenda during the last decades. Policy discussions centre on the role of forests in addressing the global challenges for economic development and the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss on ec...
Decreased birth weight after prenatal exposure during wildfires on the eastern coast of the Republic of Korea in 2000. Epidemiol Health. 2022;45:e2023003. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Amarpoor Mesrkanlou H, Ghaemmaghami Hezaveh SJ, Tahmasebi S, Nikniaz Z, Nikniaz L. The ...
Substantial contribution of northern high-latitude sources to mineral dust in the Arctic. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 121, 13678–13697 (2016). Article CAS Google Scholar Another active year for Arctic wildfires. Copernicus https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/another-active-year-arctic-wildfires (8 ...
Why not use ocean water to fight wildfires? POV: See what aerial firefighters see while battlling flames How to waterproof your shoes with a candle and a hairdryer Nova Scotia family uses the internet to build a hockey rink Canada is at the centre of this alarming—and record-breaking—tre...
(https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/09/07/this-years-arctic-wildfires-are-the-worst-on-record-again,https://phys.org/news/2020-09-co2-emissions-arctic-wildfires-eu.html). After a burn, it can take many decades for recovery with possible changes to entirely different types of ...
Paris Hilton is trying to reunite a cat with their owner following the LA wildfires. The 43-year-old heiress was one of several celebrities to lose their multi-million dollar property in the Pasadena Palisades blaze when it kicked off on January 9 and has decided to do some voluntary work ...
news website without seeing images of harrowing wildfires in Europe, Hawaii and Canada or the devastating typhoon in East Asia. As I sat sweltering on a Sardinian beach during heatwave Charon in late July, my thoughts echoed those from all over the globe, is the Earth now in a climate ...
As wildfires continue to have devastating impacts in communities around the world and here in Canada, a team of researchers from York University say our current understanding of potential long-term health risks from particulate matter (PM) exposure are limited and mostly ignore the microvascular syste...
The Circumpolar Current is a current that entirely surrounds Antarctica largely uninterrupted, and transports water around the continent in a clockwise direction. It is the largest ocean current in the world by average water transport (sverdrups), and provides habitat for a rich diversity of marine...
A study of First Nation people who evacuated their homes due to wildfires in Canada noted a disparity in poor communication from government agencies before and during the evacuation and lack of government support and aid after evacuees returned to their home as compared to those who lived in ...