阅读理解Wildfire is one of the most powerful forces in nature.While North America's wildfire season typically peaks in late summer and early fall, climate change is already being blamed for a longer fire season.When experts explain fire, they often talk about some-thing called the "fire triang...
wildfire smoke, dispersed over broad regions. This was particularly evident in July where an estimated 20-68 million people in North America were exposed to high levels of particulate matter (see methods for details). One of the most profound impacts of the 2021 fire season was the large ...
Record-breaking fire weather in North America in 2021 was initiated by the Pacific northwest heat domedoi:10.1038/s43247-024-01346-2The 2021 North American wildfire season was marked by record breaking fire-conducive weather and widespread synchronous burning, extreme fire behaviour, smoke and ...
This year's wildfire season has already exceeded the 10-year-average for the number of fires and could end up becoming a benchmark for future years. Figures released from B.C. Wildfire Service show that B.C experienced 1,103 fires from April 1 to Aug. 6 with the 10-year-average ...
Wildfire experts Daniel Swain and Mike Flannigan weigh in on what this wildfire season could shape up to be, and the main ingredients that could potentially make this a season to remember. Watch the video above to hear what they have to s...
while other months showed decreasing carbon monoxide, so modifying the seasonal pattern. These seasonal pattern changes extend over large regions of North America, to the Central USA and Northeast North America regions, indicating that transported wildfire pollution could potentially impact the health of...
Earlier on Saturday, fire officials said that two large wildfires in northern New Mexico have merged and burnt a combined 42,341 acres. "Our risk season is incredibly and dangerously early," the governor said. Local media reported that wildfire season in the region typically starts in May or ...
Organizers there have been moving forward with their plans to host the festival at this time. As of Wednesday, there are now four wildfires of note in the region. They are the Townsend Creek wildfire, the Teepee Lake fire, the Pelican Lake wildfire and the Gatcho Lake wildfire....
“Wildfire emissions have increased so substantially that they’re changing the annual pattern of air quality across North America,” said NCAR scientist Rebecca Buchholz, the lead author. “It’s quite clear that there is a new peak of air pollution in Augus...
Thousands of people are scrambling to evacuate the northern Canadian city of Yellowknife as flames from another blaze in the country’s record-breaking wildfire season bear down on people’s homes, threatening North America’s second fire disaster in as many weeks. Many hours south of Yellowknife,...