Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said a few days after the fires broke out that there was "very little left" of Lahaina, where more than 2,700 structures have been destroyed in what is now the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. Green said he expects the death toll to keep climbin...
Forest firesManualsSpreadingFuelsWeatherGrasslandMathematical predictionWind velocitySlopeThis manual documents procedures for estimating the rate of forward spread, intensity, flame length, and size of fires burning in forests and rangelands. Contains instructions for obtaining fu...
Today, we talked about earthquakes and how to prevent them. The students all spoke their minds. At last our whole class knew how to prevent earthquakes. In addition, although I did not say it, but in my heart to these students to supplement, I went home and seriously think about it, a...
"These winds were a necessary condition for the fires' rapid spread, but the broader climate context certainly set the stage for the event to be as bad as it was," Swain said. Wettest winter, hottest summer The fires capped off an epic case of weather, or in this case, climate whiplash...
RELATED:What’s the recipe for a severe drought in Western Canada? Josee St-Onge, an information officer with Alberta Wildfire, said while the province did get some snow in the Rocky Mountains recently, it is not enough, and expects incre...
Use a fire extinguisher: Use a Class B fire extinguisher to put out the fire. Never throw water on a grease fire as it will cause the grease to splash and spread the fire. Taking these steps to prevent fires at home can greatly reduce the risk of disaster. ...
Today, the dream is a reality. Resembling something between a flying squirrel and a snow angel, the wingsuit allows skydivers and BASE jumpers to leap out into the void, spread their arms and soar through the air. In a sense, wingsuit flying is a cross between skydiving and hang gliding...
Deadly wildfires on Maui island come weeks after fires linked to climate change caused devastation in Canada and Greece. Can anything be done to stop them? Wildfire severity, which considers the ecosystem impacts caused by a fire, rose eight-fold between 1985 and 2017 in the forests of the we...
Those students described the role of fires in increasing biodiversity and reducing competition depending on the size of the fire. They discussed aspects of the forest stand development driven by fire, such as regeneration ability, tree mortality, and tree age. While these concepts were generally ...
Its mountains are located in the Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes at a tropical–temperate interface, offering a rare opportunity to contextualise and frame our research from an austral perspective to balance the global narrative around sustainable mountain futures for people and biodiversity. Limited ...