That’s more than half of last year’s total, and forecasters are predicting elevated risk of fires over the coming months in the Great Lakes region, parts of the Midwest, Southwest and in Hawaii. “We’re going to be busy. I couldn’t tell you exactly where right now, but we are ...
The “heat dome” that settled over western Canada and the north-western US for five days pushed temperatures in communities along the coast to 40C (104F) – shattering longstanding records and offering little respite for days. #5 Megadrought The western half of the United States is in the ...
And according to the New York Post, it's due to wildfires in Canada. The Post explains that more than 2 million acres (or 3,125 square miles) in the Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan areas of Canada have been torched by the fires forcing "tens of thousands of people"...
And according to the New York Post, it's due to wildfires in Canada. The Post explains that more than 2 million acres (or 3,125 square miles) in the Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan areas of Canada have been torched by the fires forcing "tens of thousands of people" ...
If you're anything like me, you're probably wondering WHAT IN THE WORLD is going on with all of these wildfires not only all across the United States but up in Canada as well, as well as in many parts of Europe, especially considering everything we've witnessed in Maui since the ...
Figure 1. The evolution of wildfires in USA (1926–1970 and 1983–2021). Data before 1980 are impacted by larger uncertainty (lack of satellite vision) and are depicted in gray. Figure 2. The evolution of wildfires in Canada (1920–2013). Data before 1980 are impacted by larger uncertain...
The fires have released roughly as much carbon as Germany does in a year and sent plumes of smoke spilling over the North Pole.
In this manuscript, we now propose a “level up” iteration in which common pillars of behavioral science theory are used to motivate engagement, participation, and sharing of knowledge to meet societal needs, build resilience, and improve public health responses. Finally, the concept introduced ...
Emotional distress and risk factors for depression were found in a sample of 2,379 primary and secondary school children who evacuated during the New South Wales wildfires in 1994 (McDermott & Palmer, 2002). A study of the 2011 Slave Lake wildfire in Canada found 14%–54% of children who ...
A helicopter prepares to make a water drop as smoke billows along the Fraser River Valley near Lytton, British Columbia, Canada, in July. [Photo/Agencies] "People are exhausted because there's kind of been mentally no real break. It's been one worry right after the other," Mark said fro...