Intense smoke blanketed the northeastern United States for a second day Wednesday, turning the air a yellowish gray and prompting warnings for people to stay inside and keep windows closed. The smoke is flowing from dozens of wildfires burning in several
There is a vaccine of sorts that could minimize the risks wildfires pose to human health and safety. Thelatest blueprintfor that comes courtesy of the Canadian Forest Service. Instead of investing more, however, we have been spending less. Unless that changes, our response to awildfireseason l...
California is burning and smoke has covered the northern half of the state and is spreading across the U.S. Most of the fires were started by a huge “lightning siege” that started on August 15th. How unusual was this massive lightning event? That question will be answered below. Smoke ...
Canadian wildfiresare causingpoor air qualityacrossparts of the U.S., posing a health danger to millions of people. Experts say the air is especially harmful for more vulnerable populations, including older people and those with lung or heart issues. The best thing to do to protect yourself?
the daughter of Grand Daddy I.U., a member of the legendary hip-hop collective the Juice Crew. So when mayor Eric Adams wasat an eventwhile raging Canadian wildfires dyed the city orange and covered it in smoke, she put her thoughts to record with the track, "eric adams in the club....
How do forest invertebrates respond to different types of disturbance events (e.g., catastrophic wildfires versus Indigenous cultural burning practices) and what are the underlying mechanisms behind these responses (Erenler et al. 2020; Filazzola et al. 2021)? iv. What are the metapopulation and...
the globe is getting hotter and creating stronger wildfires. This puts “more vigorous plumes of smoke, black carbon, and water vapor” into the air, said Mike Flannigan, director of the Canadian Partnership for Wildland Fire Science at the University of Alberta, who spoke with YaleEnvironment...
Annual wildfires are burning down forests,snowstorms black out entire states, andhurricanes devastate the coasts. America’s aging electrical infrastructure frequently can’t meet demand — especially duringheat waves— and blackouts are becoming more and more common. ...
Canadian and American scientists say sharks are being killed in great numbers for their meat and fins(鳍). Now, not enough sharks are around to eat the cownose(牛鼻) ray. The ray’s population has increased and they have eaten up the shellfish to the point where it has hurt commercial(...
“Unless sounds are held by the memory of man, they perish, because they cannot be written down,” said the scholar St Isidore of Seville, who grew tired of forgetting music all the time. In 650 AD, St Isidore developed a new system of writing music, using a notation called ‘neumes’...