California wildfires aftermath: Stark photos of LA-area devastation Massive wildfires ignited in the Los Angeles-area early last week, destroying homes, schools and other buildings around the region. The Palisades and Eaton fires rank among the most destructive in California history. ...
Early California wildfires force thousands to evacuate
Late spring and early summer blazes in Canada, Alaska and eastern Russia add to carbon emissions The northern hemisphere has had a large number of intense wildfires in the first half of summer, carrying vast amounts of smoke across Eurasia …Continue reading→ ...
Turkey has a high potential for wildfires along its Mediterranean coast because of its dense forest cover and mild climate. An average of 250 wildfires occ
In the western United States, the hazard of wildfire has been increasing for decades. Here, we use a combination of physical, epidemiological and economic models to estimate the economic impacts of California wildfires in 2018, including the value of destroyed and damaged capital, the health costs...
The environmental pollution, property losses and casualties caused by wildfires in California are getting worse by the year. To minimize the interference of wildfires on economic and social development, and formulate targeted mitigation strategies, it is imperative to understand the scale and extent of...
2020), and California (Dillis et al. 2022) have also drawn public attention to the issue. These extensive and severe recurrent wildfires may be a precursor to changing fire conditions elsewhere in the world, which can provide valuable experiences in guiding responses in other environments subject...
“We’ve been in non-attainment for ozone since the early 90s. Largely, mostly due to our meteorological placement,” Narvaez said. “The impacts of any type of [wildfire] event would affect the rise in particulate matter.” Between June 7 and July 21, Dallas has had only seven days of...
Wildfire smoke often covers areas larger than the burned area, yet the impacts of smoke on nearby aquatic ecosystems are understudied. In the summer of 2018, wildfire smoke covered Castle Lake (California, USA) for 55 days. We quantified the influence of
California is burning and smoke has covered the northern half of the state and is spreading across the U.S. Most of the fires were started by a huge “lightning siege” that started on August 15th. How unusual was this massive lightning event? That question will be answered below. ...