By pinpointing Canada’s most vulnerable regions, targeted wildfire prevention strategies can be carried out to mitigate risks and enhance community resilience in the face of escalating wildfire threats. This might include reducing the amount of dry ...
Experts Want to Bring Successful U.S. Wildfire Prevention Program to Canada: Canada Looks to U.S. for Wildfire PreventionEDMONTON - Experts are looking south of the border for ideas on how to better protect...Cotter, John
The Manhattan skyline is seen covered in haze and smoke caused by a wildfire in Canada, in New York, June 7, 2023.Amr Alfiky/Reuters "People with asthma and people who already have lung disease or underlying lung problems, it can exacerbate that, it can irritate that. And if the air ...
Fort McMurray is surrounded by wilderness and is Canada's main oil sands town. Despite the size of the town and its importance to the Canadian economy, there are essentially only two ways out via car. The region has the third largest reserves of oil in the world behind Saudi Arabia and V...
"So late afternoon, early evening, when the fires are generally at their most active. And that's something that we've never had before in Canada," he said. WildFireSat data will also help with smoke and air quality forecasting,...
And keep in mind pets can be affected too, so keeping walks short to minimize exposure is best until the smoke clears, Mann said. SEE ALSO: When will the Canada wildfire smoke clear? Not as soon as you'd like. Those close to the wildfires may need to take stronger precautions. Accord...
In 2023Canada lost 5%(18M hectares)of its forests to wildfires. $893B Wildfires cost the U.S. economy an estimated$893 billion annually. 2.4GT CO2e Canada's 2023wildfires emitted 2.4Gt of CO2e. Roughly equivalent to the emissions of India (the worlds 3rd largest emitter). ...
FireSmart Canada Says Ottawa Turns Down Funding Request for Wildfire PreventionFireSmart Canada Says Ottawa Turns Down Funding Request for Wildfire PreventionOttawa turns down FireSmart funding request--EDMONTON - The federal government has turned down a...Cotter...
Deadly wildfires on Maui island come weeks after fires linked to climate change caused devastation in Canada and Greece. Can anything be done to stop them? Wildfire severity, which considers the ecosystem impacts caused by a fire, rose eight-fold between 1985 and 2017 in the forests of the we...
As of Thursday, wildfires are burning in every province and territory in Canada, except for Prince Edward Island and Nunavut, NOAA said. That includes 133 active wildfires across Quebec, according to the area’s fire prevention agency, Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU)...