Nationality: noun: American(s) adjective: American Natural hazards: tsunamis , volcanoes , and earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the midwest and southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; pe...
March 15, 2020byJohn The Bahamas welcomeover 5 million visitorsevery year, and most of them are American. It’s no surprise, either. The Bahamas are tropical, they’re located near Florida, and the population speaks English. From an American perspective, that sounds like a great vacation. H...
Fire insurance maps in the Library of Congress. Plans of North American cities and towns produced by the Sanborn map company (Washington: Library of Congre... Fire insurance maps in the Library of Congress. Plans of North American cities and towns produced by the Sanborn map company (...
Overnight fires are emerging in North America with previously unknown drivers and implications. This notable phenomenon challenges the traditional understanding of the ‘active day, quiet night’ model of the diurnal fire cycle1,2,3 and current fire management practices4,5. Here we demonstrate that...
Riano, 2011: Quantifying burned area from fires in North American forests: Implications for direct reduction of carbon stocks. J. Geophys. Res., 116, G04003, doi:10.1029/2011JG001707.Kasischke, E. S., Loboda, T., Giglio, L., French, N. H. F., Hoy, E. E., de Jong, B., and ...
The two new fires that had erupted recently: Pala and Lilac have been contained. The National Weather Service Los Angeles said, "This is a DANGEROUS fire day TODAY. Winds will continue to increase and expand this morning. Humidity is already extremely dry. This map shows the current fire ...
Before European settlement, grazing by bison and other mammalian herbivores, frequent wildfires triggered by lightening, and fires intentionally set by Indigenous peoples were the major sources of disturbance in North American grasslands (Gibson 2009; Roos et al. 2018; Samson et al. 2004). ...
Fig. 5: Relationships between tree cover (TC) change 2000-2019 across North American boreal forests and environmental conditions. a Mean tree cover 2000–2019. b Mean annual temperatures (MAT). c Mean annual precipitation (MAP). Relationships are shown as model fits ± standard errors aroun...
Participants age 16 and older must obtain a game land license prior to engaging in horseback riding on any area other than the American Tobacco Trail. Target shooting is prohibited. Turkey hunting is by permit only, except on those areas posted as Archery Zones. Except while hunting, bicycle...
Whatever they’re doing, it works.Japan’s fire death rate is substantially below America’s, which is notable given that its cities have historically been even more fire-prone than US cities. America’s“era of great urban fires”was over a century ago; by then, Tokyo alone had seen 49...