The impact of natural sources on air quality is highly dependent on the local environment. For example, locations near large deserts like the Sahara are greatly impacted by windblown dust and sand, while forested locations are more likely to experience air pollution from wildfires. Household ...
Canada’s Early Wildfire Season Published on17 May 202417 May 2024byJonathan Crowe European Space Agency Another year,another map from the European Space Agency showing the extent of Canada’s wildfiresbased on data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite. It’s not nearly as bad as last year...
As of Thursday morning, B.C. has 383 active wildfires, more than 200 of which are considered out of control. Wildfires in the province were concentrated in northeastern B.C. but have “really begun to ramp up” in central B.C. over the past few weeks, Macnab said. According to BC Wi...
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...
California Wildfires, January 2025 Published on8 January 202510 January 2025byJonathan Crowe Online maps of the current wildfires burning near Los Angeles: California’s Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) hasincident pagesfor theEaton,HurstandPalisadesfires, plusthis 3D incident map....
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...
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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...
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...
(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 ...