New Tools Make Early Detection Of Forest Fires Possible
Some forest fires could be avoided by earlier detection. Today, new digital and satellite tools are available to do just that.
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Alberta Premier Sheds Crocodile Tears After Jasper Is Destroyed By Fire
A wildfire consumed much of the town of Jasper in Alberta, Canada, yet the provincial government refuses to act to protect its citizens.
Wildfire Resilience Funding, Native Seed Supply from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda
Athens, Georgia — Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget Joan Mooney was in Georgia today to highlight how President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is supporting wildland fire management. During a visit to the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia, Principal Deputy Assistant … [continued]
$34 Million for Fire Weather Research Through Investing in America Agenda
Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced the award of more than $34 million to reduce the risk to Americans’ lives and property from wildfires. This funding will be provided over five years to six research universities in NOAA’s Cooperative Institute system to support wildfire preparedness and response as … [continued]
Copernicus: Record-Breaking Wildfires Throughout the 2023 Boreal Wildfire Season
The Northern Hemisphere is slowly approaching the end of the wildfire season for 2023, which normally starts in May and extends into October. In this context, the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)* data on fire emissions and smoke transport associated with wildfires provides valuable insights to evaluate the most relevant … [continued]
Guided by Fear of the Unknown — Ship Ablaze, The BEV Has Done It
Guided by fear of the unknown, the news about a ship ablaze is that the BEV aboard is the cause or likely cause. And only better news sources are not convinced that the BEV must be the cause. Just beyond the Dutch coasts, in the shipping lane north of the … [continued]
Smoke in Our Eyes: National Park Grandeur Degraded by Global Warming
My window into global warming ruining a rite of summer came 16 years ago. I was flat on my back on blankets, under the stars in the middle of the night at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park. At 7,214 feet and more than a half mile above Yosemite Valley, … [continued]
Poor Air Quality Isn’t The Only Way Wildfires Affect Cities
Thousands of people in Quebec, Canada evacuated their homes this month due to raging wildfires. More than 400 miles away, New York City experienced its worst air quality in history, and briefly had the worst air quality of any city in the world. And New York wasn’t alone: As of … [continued]
4 Months into “Danger Season,” Here’s Our Extreme Heat, Flood, & Extreme Fire Tally
Danger season in the United States is the time of year between roughly May and October when a number of climate-related hazards, including heatwaves, floods, wildfires, and hurricanes, tend to occur — at times simultaneously or back-to-back. Climate change is making many of these events more frequent, intense, and/or longer-lasting, … [continued]
Hottest Oceans On Record, Bronx Fires, Billion-Dollar Disasters — Nexus News Roundup
From the hottest oceans on record to billions of dollars in climate-related disaster in 2021, here are three short summaries of climate & cleantech news stories from Nexus Media. Heat in World’s Oceans More Than Ever Recorded The world’s oceans broke heat records, again, in 2021, according to new research from … [continued]
