Entire communities have been razed by wildfires raging in the western United States, with officials warning of potential mass deaths under apocalyptic orange skies.
Environment
Sep 10, 2020
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On Aug. 26, 2020, NASA's Terra satellite was able to image the two areas in California where the fires have been most active and using the false color reflectance bands on the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Infrared Spectroradiometer) ...
Environment
Aug 27, 2020
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Crews were battling wildfires in the San Francisco Bay Area and thousands of people were under orders to evacuate as dozens of wildfires blazed across the state amid a blistering heat wave now in its second week.
Environment
Aug 19, 2020
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On Aug. 9, 2020 NASA's Aqua satellite imaged the Apple Fire near Big Bear Lake in California using its false-color bands in order to be able to distinguish burn scars from the surrounding area more easily. The combination ...
Environment
Aug 11, 2020
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New research has revealed a surprise twist in the symbiotic relationship between a type of salamander and the alga that lives inside its eggs. A new paper in Frontiers in Microbiology reports that the eggs compete with the ...
Ecology
Aug 5, 2020
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University of Kentucky entomologists want people to be aware of a new stinging pest in the state, the Asian needle ant.
Plants & Animals
Jun 30, 2020
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In many of the world's forested regions, wildfires are an unavoidable fact of life. From the forests of Portugal, to the woods of California, to the recent devastation of the Australian bushfires, widespread fires are often ...
Environment
May 7, 2020
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Cats who suffered burns and smoke inhalation in recent California wildfires also had a high incidence of heart problems, according to a new study from researchers at the University of California, Davis, Veterinary Medical ...
Veterinary medicine
Feb 26, 2020
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New research is informing how, when and where prescribed burns may be used to mitigate bushfire threats while maintaining our biodiversity.
Earth Sciences
Feb 14, 2020
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Freshly burned longleaf pine forests have more than double the total number of bees and bee species than similar forests that have not burned in over 50 years, according to new research from North Carolina State University.
Ecology
Jan 29, 2020
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