and in 2023 the U.S. Department of Defense deployed FireGuard, a new high-tech fire detection system, to help Canada battle wildfires using real-time data from drones and satellites to help detect new flareups in remote areas for the first...
This has allowed persistent heat for Central Canada and The Great Lakes — and short surges of record heat for eastern Canada around Montréal and Nova Scotia. What’s the connection between climate change and wildfires? Wildfires are not caused by climate change, they are part of Earth’s n...
Over the past six weeks, hundreds ofout-of-control wildfireshave spread across Canada, causing mass evacuations and burning through millions of acres. While theCanada wildfire seasonruns from May through October, such destruction this early in the 2023 season is rare. The first six weeks put it...
The wildfires burning in Canada are having an impact as far as Norway. Folks there have experienced hazy skies and smelled smoke.
Areas of the U.S. and Canada are under air quality alerts amid wildfires in Canada.(Source: CNN) WHAT’S THE BIGGEST CONCERN? Air quality alerts are triggered by a number of factors, including the detection of fine-particle pollution — known as “PM 2.5″ — which can i...
MONTREAL — The techniques used to put out the wildfires that are burning across Canada vary somewhat depending on geography, but ultimately they depend on people on the ground with hoses and shovels digging out hot spots one by one, experts say. ...
A growing body of evidence suggests that wildfire smoke raises the risk of neurological diseases, as well as harming the lungs, kidney, and other organs.
Seems to be a lot of wildfires in Canada this June 2023 I think this is related to climate change. Yet, I am having trouble convincing others. Also, what can I do to protect myself? I've been wearing a n95 mask but my eyes feel and chest feel worse than usual. Thank you in adva...
(FSC) is generally considered the most rigorous—though environmentalistscautionthat it could be improved to better take into account the climate change impacts of logging. With the threat of catastrophic wildfires increasing across the Western United States and Canada, this aspect must be carefully ...
On the current trajectory, one-third of forest value will be lost by 2050. The major culprits: land-use change and rising temperatures. (See Exhibit 6.) Although wildfires are responsible for 23% of annual forest loss, most of this is temporary loss. Understandably, wildfires often dominate...