241 wildfires since the beginning of 2023. The fires have scorched at least 11 million hectares — or over 27.1 million acres — of land across Canada this year. In June, the acreage burned this year surpassed the amount of land burned in 1989, which previously held Canada's annual record...
aWildfires are common in many places around the world, including farmland areas of Australia and forest areas or the U.S. and Canada, where the climates are sufficiently moist to allow the growth of trees, but feature extended dry, hot periods when fallen branches, leaves, and other material...
aWildfires occurred long before humans evolved. The earliest known evidence of a wildfire dates back 10 about 365 million years ago. Wildfires are common in many places around the world, including farmland areas of Australia and forest areas or the U.S. and Canada, where the climates are suff...
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.
If heavy rains occur after such a fire, landslides, ash lows, and floods can occur. This can result in property damage outside the immediate f [translate] aWildfires are common in many places around the world, including farmland areas of Australia and forest areas or the U.S. and Canada...
Every day, just before sunset, when the air started to cool and the bright light of day started to dim, Indie and I would get in the car and head to one of the four parks. Always excited to embark on these adventures, the nightly walks turned out to be a star activity for both of...
And as we write this post in early January of 002020, summer wildfires in the Southern Hemisphere have fast become some of the most severe on record, compounding the worldwide material consequences of the urgent climate emergency underway. ___ Additional details for our winter solstice tea can ...
Ask yourself, if California is a state that is known for consistent and often-times brutal wildfires, why is there not a structure in place to be prepared for the next one, the “big one”. They have had decades to put such a system in place, the “big one” is...
We went to the post office the next morning to get stamps for a couple of remaining postcards. The post office was tucked on a ledge into a little space between the Old Cariboo Road, a creek and a high bluff of rock. We left Cache Creek on the Trans-Canada Highway (Route 1) headin...
thing I reallydidn’tlike was a piece of fish soufflé that had me vomiting grated carrot at 5am after a late night on the town — but even that nausea verged on downright polite,Excuse me I’m terribly sorry to bother you but you should really head over to the toilet now and I ...