http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. In an effort to combat destructive wildfires, forestry management professionals began using techniques such as thinning or methodically setting fire to dead branches and twigs that could set off a big blaze. http://phys.org/news285233549.html Space & Earth Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:30:02 EST news285233549 (Phys.org)—Research has shown a decrease in levels of the isotope nitrogen-15 in core samples from Greenland ice starting around the time of the Industrial Revolution. The decrease has been attributed to a corresponding increase in nitrates associated with the burning of fossil fuels. http://phys.org/news274109825.html Space & Earth Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:37:23 EST news274109825 (Phys.org)—A lunar event that occurs once in a blue moon will happen this Friday night, August 31. http://phys.org/news265357882.html Space & Earth Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:50:01 EST news265357882 In 1997, a forest fire in Indonesia ignited an area of peatlands that smouldered for months. By the time it was over, the fire had released greenhouse gases equal to 20 to 40 percent of the total worldwide emissions that year from fossil fuels. http://phys.org/news248861287.html Space & Earth Sun, 19 Feb 2012 08:08:25 EST news248861287 Simon Fraser University statistician Rick Routledge will share his knowledge of what layers of charcoal in lake-bottom sediment can tell us about an area's forest fire history, at the world's largest science fair in Vancouver. http://phys.org/news248710791.html Space & Earth Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:20:02 EST news248710791 (PhysOrg.com) -- Kirtland's warblers are an endangered species of lightweight little birds with bright yellow-bellies that summer in North America and winter in the Bahamas. But be it their winter or their summer home, a new study using data from NASA-built Landsat satellites shows that these warblers like to live in young forests and often forests that have been on fire. http://phys.org/news242497296.html Biology Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:21:46 EST news242497296 Water isn't the only thing pouring over Niagara Falls. Pollution from fires in Ontario, Canada is also making the one thousand mile trip, while being measured by NASA's Aqua satellite. http://phys.org/news231083428.html Space & Earth Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:10:01 EST news231083428 Populations of spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca), a species classified as vulnerable and at risk of extinction, can withstand fires if outbreaks occur once every three decades or more. However, the youngest tortoises are more vulnerable, and disappear after each fire. These are the results of a study by Spanish researchers, who analysed the impact of a 2004 forest fire in the Sierra de la Carrasquilla mountains in Murcia (Spain) on these reptiles. http://phys.org/news230287823.html Biology Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:50:33 EST news230287823 (AP) -- A smattering of summer rain gave a boost to firefighters battling a huge forest fire near Los Alamos, giving authorities enough confidence to allow about 12,000 people to return home for the first time in nearly a week. http://phys.org/news228918548.html Space & Earth Sun, 03 Jul 2011 13:29:35 EST news228918548 (AP) -- The threat of wildfire reaching the Los Alamos nuclear lab and the town that surrounds it eased as crews made progress under cloud cover and rain, but concerns turned Friday to lands held sacred by a Native American tribe as firefighters braced for a hot, dry weekend. http://phys.org/news228738610.html Space & Earth Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:30:16 EST news228738610 As homes and cities expand closer to forests and wildlands across the American West, increasing wildfire threats have created an unlikely new phenomena – confidence in government. http://phys.org/news228654877.html Other Sciences Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:14:54 EST news228654877 (AP) -- One of three major wildfires burning in Arizona is now fully contained, and a second fire is nearly extinguished. http://phys.org/news228325005.html Space & Earth Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:36:52 EST news228325005 With a changing climate there's a good chance that forest fires in the Pacific Northwest will become larger and more frequent - and according to one expert speaking today at a professional conference, that's just fine. http://phys.org/news186237810.html Space & Earth Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:45:58 EST news186237810 A team of Catalan researchers has studied the changes in the make-up of animal populations following forest fires, and have concluded that malacological fauna are a good indicator of forest recovery. The conclusions of this study will help to ensure that post-fire forestry operations that do not harm these species of molluscs, which are sensitive to microclimatic conditions of the soil and vegetation structure. http://phys.org/news185543362.html Biology Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:49:53 EST news185543362 A recent study at Oregon State University indicates that some past approaches to calculating the impacts of forest fires have grossly overestimated the number of live trees that burn up and the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as a result. http://phys.org/news183818073.html Space & Earth Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:34:51 EST news183818073 Graham Kent, Nevada Seismological Laboratory director at the University of Nevada, Reno is leading the installation, testing and maintenance of a novel way to monitor forests fires and other environmental data with the prototype of a new camera system developed by Sony-Europe. http://phys.org/news179400560.html Space & Earth Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:29:46 EST news179400560 One small step for mankind is now a leap for averting natural and man-made disasters on earth. http://phys.org/news175441355.html Space & Earth Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:43:13 EST news175441355 An international research team has developed a mathematical and cartographical model that make it possible to view how Mediterranean landscapes evolve in the aftermath of forest fires. In order to carry out this research study, published recently in the journal Environmental Modelling & Software, the authors studied a Special Protection Area for Birds to the south west of Madrid. http://phys.org/news168157098.html Space & Earth Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:19:27 EST news168157098 In the past, sirens howled to warn the population against floods, large fires or chemical accidents. Today, however, there is no extensive warning system in Germany, as most sirens were dismantled after the Cold War. Researchers of the Fraunhofer Institute for Technological Trend Analysis INT in Euskirchen want the population to be warned by car horns in the future. http://phys.org/news167318293.html Technology Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:19:40 EST news167318293 Most residents in fire-prone communities surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest have taken steps to protect their homes from wildland fires, according to a U.S. Forest Service study completed this summer. http://phys.org/news141577813.html Other Sciences Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:10:13 EST news141577813