While we don’t always have the capacity to respond to current climate events, the wildfires in Canada this past summer were historic. I worked quickly to analyze, map, and chart the historically burned areas in Canada to illustrate how this summer’s wildfires were exponentially larger and occ...
As of this post, more than 1000 wildfires are burning across the Canadian border, with smoke from the fires swirling across the U.S. and Canada, creating unhealthful conditions, postponing athletic events, and forcing many to wear masks or take other precautions. View larger image Make a Cana...
Climate change isn’t just one thing: rising temperatures, or sea level rise. It’s also changes to rainfall, increased risk of wildfires, more powerful hurricanes. The extent to which any of these are threats depends on where you live: North Dakota doesn’t have much to worry about rising...
The distances displayed, which are shown in kilometers but can be changed to miles in the settings section, correspond to the distances between the centers of the selected and the target countries. For example, the computed distance between the United States and Canada is around 2,260 kilom...
(Figure 11).32 Furthermore, climate change is increasing the likelihood of cascading effects of extreme weather events.33 For example, intense storms have the potential to trigger floods and landslides, while prolonged periods of severe drought can lead to wildfires, compromised water quality, and ...