Numerous wildfires in Canada continue to send smoke over the Great Lakes region and portions of the Northeast, putting some residents at increased risk of respiratory and cardiovascular harm. This year, drought conditions have sparked more than 400 wildfires in Canada and several fires in the United...
通读全文,尤其是第一段“Dozens of wildfires are burning across Canada in May 2024 and sending unhealthy smoke blowing into the northern US again. At the same time, the southeastern US is getting smoke from Mexico, where drought (干旱) conditions have been fueling fires.(2024年5月,加拿大各地...
Large fires are a major disturbance in Canadian forests and exert significant effects on both the climate system and ecosystems. During the last century, extremely large fires accounted for the majority of Canadian burned area. By making an instaneous change over a vast area of ecosystems, extreme...
Although Canada has seennotable improvementsin air quality over the past 30 years, increasingly frequent and intense periods of wildfire smoke threaten to undo this progress. In the last two decades, while emissions from most pol...
Meteorologists in Pennsylvania noted their state could also see the effects of the Canadian wildfires if the conditions are right, according to the Associated Press. The Washington Post said smoke and haze from wildfires in Canada began to impact air quality across the United States in early May....
Her expertise is in the Wabanaki forest region in Eastern Canada, which historically had a mix of trees. Over the years, it's shifted to be more boreal. "So we have now a forest composition and a forest type here that is more susceptible to the effects of thin...
A health expert also warned that smoke from the fires can cause health problems for people living in both Canada and the United States. "When you’re emitting large amounts of fire smoke into the air, and that smoke is reaching populated areas, there will be health effects," said Ryan Al...
Extreme heat often brings extreme wildfires, and this year is no exception, with unprecedented heat waves fueling enormous outbreaks of fires in the western United States and Canada, as well as across the Mediterranean and in Siberia. But paradoxically, the most intense wildfires can have the oppo...
OTTAWA — The number of forest fires burning across Canada crept higher over the last week and more dangerous air quality warnings were issued in parts of Ontario and Quebec Sunday.
The increasing frequency of wildfires in Canada’s boreal forest may be permanently changing one of the largest intact ecosystems left on Earth, research suggests. “We feel pretty confident these effects will persist,” said Ellen Whitman, a forest ecologist at Natural Resources Canada and...