2023, a new analysis showed that Wildfires burned about 45.7 million acres in Canada's boreal forests, a carbon store and habitat for moose, bears, and songbirds, nearly surpassing all the previous records. Climate change is increasing wildfires owing to changed precipitation patterns and higher te...
Both the House- and Senate-passed versions ofH.R. 2continue the tradition of multi-year farm bills that would establish policy for farm programs and nutrition assistance. To this end,H.R. 2addresses agriculture and food policy across 11 titles in the House bill and 12 titles in the Senate...
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 ...
The Arctic has experienced the most rapid change in climate of anywhere on Earth, and these changes are certain to drive changes in the carbon budget of th
Furthermore, wildfires in Southern California in 2003 saw PM10 levels increase by three- to fourfold, with one region reaching 215 μg/m3 [53]. Of additional concern is that, like other sources, PM emitted from wildfires may travel over long distances to affect regions far from the original...
Although aerosol concentrations were lower in the pre-industrial atmosphere than today, model simulations show that relatively high aerosol concentrations could have been maintained over continental regions due to biogenically controlled new particle formation and wildfires. Despite the importance of pre-...
2050—to avoid a global warming of 1.5°C [36]. Global warming is directly harmful to health through increased risk of heatwaves, droughts, natural disasters such as wildfires, floods, and storms, higher levels of ambient air pollution, adverse impacts on food systems and infectious disease ...