Last week, their long-anticipated trip to Maui quickly turned frightening as they noticed a plume of smoke down on the beach. Aug 17, 2023 Campfire bans implemented in Western states as wildfire fears grow Nearly 85% of wildfires are started by people, including from campfires, negligently dis...
Forest Service to hold Women in Wildfire training camp in Northern California Dutch Fire forward progress stopped after prompting evacuations in Placer, Nevada counties UC Davis finds connection between wildfire smoke, failing crop production California's Prop 4 would invest $10B in future wildfire...
California nut farms see staggering losses due to smoke from megafires Some Central Valley nut farms lost more than half of their crops after orchards were... By Tara Duggan California wildfires have burned over 1 million acres in 2024. Here’s how that compares to past years The Park Fire ...
Follow these steps to make your own Canadian smoke, fire, and air quality map in a minute, maybe less. You can view a similar blog article covering smoke and air quality using different Living Atlas content which is also applicable to the current Canadian fires. For more information, see M...
The Statesman Journal’s wildfire map combines data sources for smoke plumes, active fires, and burned areas International data sources In addition to the devastation in the US, Australia’s fire season is about to begin and we’re already seeing a repeat of devastating fires in the Amazon. ...
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. ...
Using the map module to display similar information can allow users to visualize behavior in a graphical format and see how responses track in relation to the spatial distribution of smoke and air quality impacts. Finally, the ability to view your own data and how you respond to various ...
Smoke and haze conditions were also forecast for areas of California and other Western states, stretching across southern Nevada and large expanses of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado. This map from CalFire shows areas with red flag warnings in red, and the smoke and haze forecast in ...
The Air Quality Index at kickoff was at an unhealthy level of 161 due to the wildfires in the region. The smell of smoke was present throughout the stadium. The NFL had monitored the situation but the AQI never got near 200, at which the game would have had to have been move...
For thousands of years, North American tribes carefully burned forests to manage the land. The future may lie in a return to that past.