A map updated daily by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centreshowshow widespread the 2023 wildfires have become. Eastern provinces like Quebec, Ontario and Nova Scotia have been hit particularly hard this year by large and at times uncontrollable blazes. ...
For millennia Indigenous communities have relied on the far north's caribou herds for sustenance. But as the herds dwindle, the future becomes difficult to predict.
Smoke from the wildfiresraging in Canadahave affected parts of the U.S. and satellite images from NASA show the smoke has even traveled across the Atlantic to Europe. Here is the expected forecast for the smoke. For several days, parts of the Midwest and Northeast have been seeing unhealthy ...
More people are moving to regions affected by these natural disasters: Migration into the most flood-prone counties in the U.S. more than doubled during the pandemic, according to data fromRedfin, while the counties with the highest risk of wildfires saw a 51% increase. Higher construction co...
Los Angeles has seen wildfires before. It’s always been part of the life. But climate change—and our culture’s suicidal inability to deal with it—is upping the ante. Atmospheric rivers increase vegetation, then drought turns it into fuel. The whole Los Angeles basin is becoming a fire ...
I tagged about ten different recipes in Kim’s book that I can’t wait to try. Given the winter weather, the merry season, the busy time of year when easy dinners are appreciated, and the larger crowds that come to the table for holiday celebrations, I thought it would be ideal to hi...
Higher fuel prices are on their way if Mr. Trump follows through with his proposed Canadian tariffs. And for what, exactly? Approximately universal is the belief that Mr. Trump simply is looking for stagy confrontations with countries he conveniently characterizes as “ripping America off.” Every...
A second "sleeping giant" is the increase in disturbance in terrestrial ecosystems, often associated with pulses of carbon to the atmosphere. The most notable of these are wildfires and pest outbreaks, both sensitive to both warming and changes in the moisture regime. Although these are natural ...
We turned north and drove back up to the Canadian Hole to watch the kite-surfing for a while. As we watched them setting up, we discovered that the kites’ frames are blown up like a balloon or inner tube. They stiffen the frames by increasing the pressure. So we learned something as...
According to local legend, the children of Bergen are watched over by the fabled Herring of Chernobyl. This likeness decorates the approaches to the Bergen Daycare Center. The carnivorous equipment on this playground is quite effective at keeping the local population of minors at a sustainable level...