The world's first study of the increase in pollution from landscape fires across the globe over the past two decades reveals that more than 2 billion people are exposed to at least one day of potentially health-impacting ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 20, 2023
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The Northern Hemisphere summer brought catastrophic fires and floods to many countries. Down south, the winter was the hottest ever recorded in Australia, fueled by record ocean temperatures.
Environment
Sep 18, 2023
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Koala populations have been decimated by bushfires in recent years—and researchers are forecasting that bushfires will threaten them and their habitat even more in coming decades.
Ecology
Sep 18, 2023
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People have been using fire for millennia. It is a vital part of many ecosystems and cultures. Yet human activities in the current era, sometimes called the "Anthropocene," are reshaping patterns of fire across the planet.
Earth Sciences
Sep 15, 2023
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Firefighters on a western Indonesian island were battling large peatland fires on Friday that have covered Palembang, a city of nearly two million people, in a haze for weeks, officials said.
Environment
Sep 15, 2023
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Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Northeastern University modeled how extreme conditions in a changing climate affect the land's ability to absorb atmospheric carbon—a key process for mitigating human-caused ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2023
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Heat waves, low rainfall and the threat of wildfires are compounding the woes of people in the forested north of Lebanon, a country where economic pain has long taken prominence over environmental concerns.
Environment
Sep 14, 2023
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Fires that raged in the days following the 1 September 1923 magnitude 7.9 Kantō earthquake killed roughly 90% of the 105,000 people who perished in and around Tokyo, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in history—comparable ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2023
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A study by the University of Cordoba confirms that soil properties are only altered slightly, or even improved, in the short term after controlled burning
Earth Sciences
Sep 12, 2023
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When a wildfire erupted in the middle of a recent California night, it could have been a disaster.
Environment
Sep 12, 2023
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Fire is the rapid oxidation of a combustible material releasing heat, light, and various reaction products such as carbon dioxide and water. If hot enough, the gases may become ionized to produce plasma. Depending on the substances alight, and any impurities outside, the color of the flame and the fire's intensity might vary. Fire in its most common form can result in conflagration, which has the potential to cause physical damage through burning.
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