Authorities in Alberta also issued analert about a wildfire 15.5 miles southwestof the oil sands city of Fort McMurray that could impact visibility on highways in some areas. No evacuation order has been given so far for the major Canadian oil city. Fire restrictions will remain in effect in ...
CANADACANADIAN historyGLOBAL warmingGREENHOUSE gas mitigationWILDFIRESMETERED-dose inhalersEMERGING infectious diseasesThe article discusses the increasing threat of wildfires in Canada due to global warming and their impact on respiratory health. The 2023 wildfire season was the most destructive ever ...
“So when fire danger is high to extreme, then we want to be really careful not to be contributing to accidental ignitions. In many places, you may find there are restrictions like you’re not allowed to have a campfire because the r...
said “legacy effects” of last year’s season are spilling over to 2024. Ongoing drought in Western Canada, higher temperatures due to El Nino and so-called zombie fires that burn underground through the winter in organic matter and reappear once the snow melts in the spring are factors...
根据第1段"Many Canadian kids woke up to the smell of wildfire smoke last summer.Some are wondering:Is it dangerous?How can I protect myself?"(去年夏天,许多加拿大孩子醒来时闻到了野火烟雾的味道。有些人想知道:这危险吗?我该如何保护自己?)可知第1段通过介绍许多加拿大孩子醒来时闻到了野火的烟味,...
A conceptual system dynamic model of the impact of future climate change on fire risk in the Nova Scotian Acadian Forest Region (NS AFR) was developed, cla
Wide swaths of B.C., the Prairies, and northern Ontario have fallen into severe drought, with pockets of ‘extreme’ and ‘exceptional’—the two worst categories on the Canadian Drought Monitor’s monthly analysis—found throughout B.C., Alberta, and the Northwes...
Wildfires impact public health since wildfire smoke presents a source of air pollution in neighboring and even more distant populated areas [30,85]. Epidemiological studies estimate that the global mortality burden attributable to landscape fire smoke is approximately 339,000 deaths annually [75]. Betw...
The Canadian Forest Wildfire Weather Index (FWI) system19 is widely used in wildfire studies to indicate fuel moisture, wildfire spread, fuel availability, and wildfire intensity by integrating temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and precipitation over different time lags. The FWI system was ...
W. 2012. The influence of wildfire boundary delineation on our understanding of burning patterns in the Alberta foothills. Canadian Journal of Forestry ... Andison,D.,W. - 《Canadian Journal of Forest Research》 被引量: 0发表: 2012年 Automated delineation of individual tree crowns in high spa...