At least 123 people have been killed by wildfires in central Chile. They have come amid a heat wave that pushed temperatures in the capital city of Santiago to about 37 degrees Celsius (nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit).
HOW DOES HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE DRIVE WILDFIRES, SEDIMENT DELIVERY FROM HILLSLOPES, AND MAIN CHANNEL RESPONSE?High elevation sites in the Sawtooth Mountains show good correspondence with fire records in the nearby SFP, with peak delivery of fire-related sediment to channels during the LIA, MCA and...
At least 55 people have died in the wildfires that have ravaged Hawaii and around 1,000 are still missing. The historic town of Lahaina was almost completely destroyed by fire. Dr. Eric Kennedy, associate professor of disaster and emergency management at
Australia’s unprecedented wildfires are supercharged thanks to climate change, the type of trees catching fire and weather, experts say.
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"Climate change is kind of turning up the dial on everything," Westerling said. "Dry periods become more extreme. Wet periods become more extreme." Somewhat counterintuitively, more rain and snow in the winter lays the groundwork for more destructive wildfires. More precipitation in the winter...
change is influencing the Atlantic hurricane season. Rapid intensification and stalling storms are two of the most prominent hurricane behaviours that are being highlighted. See below for an explanation of what the current research tells us about how hurricanes are...
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The multi-billion dollar winter tourism industry has already lost revenue due to the decrease in snow days, according to the Fifth National Climate Assessment. While there is a good understanding of the general long-term trends and impacts of a warming winter season, we still have much ...
As climate change makes wildfires more frequent, scientists are racing to understand how animals suffer.