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. ...
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The extent of area burned in California's summer wildfires increased about fivefold from 1971 to 2021, and climate change was a major reason why, according to a new analysis. Scientists estimate the area burned in an average summer may jump as much as 50% by 2050. Days after wildfire smok...
on fuel characterization... read more contributor read more these maps show just how dry southern california is right now in early january, soil moisture in much of southern california was in the bottom 2 percent of historical records. ming pan federal spending freeze threatens ecosystems and publ...
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...
Among these large wildfires, the August complex became the largest wildfire ever recorded in California. In early September, the Creek fire developed quickly in the Sierras producing a large pyrocumulonimbus cloud that reached altitudes of more than 15,000 meters above sea level. Around the same ...
The 2017 Northern California wildfires broke out in early October of 2017 and consisted of multiple wildfires that spanned across six counties (Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA], 2021). The largest wildfires, the Nuns and Tubbs wildfires, took place in Napa County and Sonoma County, burn...