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Wildfire smoke has become a common feature of Canadian summers, fuelled bybigger, more intense and more frequent wildfires. In 2023, Canada experienced its worst wildfire season on record, with many communities contending with week...
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
Smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada continues to drift south, causing dangerous conditions. Senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe and Weill Cornell Medical professor Dr. Jay Varma discuss the worsening conditions.
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. ...
Editor’s Note: This interview was conducted before the onset of the wildfires in Los Angeles. Steve Cropper is still "selling energy" — putting forth what a younger generation might call blues rock "vibes" with his pals as if it were still 1970. This ethos dates back to his ti...
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Some of the threats are natural,such as wildfires,hurricanes,tornados,floods and so on.But the biggest threats to the food chain come from you and me.These threats include overfishing,logging,farming,development,pollution,etc.The food chain is endangered anywhere humans have had an effect on the...
Only in the past several years have we managed to quantify the private sector financial impact of the climate crisis. This is important to understanding the system-wide effects of climate change rather than assuming incorrectly that risks are only concentrated in regions prone to wildfires or extrem...
Many businesses turned to remote workers to continue their operations after states issued stay-at-home orders to reduce COVID-19 infections. It's a trend that is likely to continue long after the coronavirus is controlled.