Better wildfire and smoke predictions with new vegetation database
It's hard to find a place in the U.S. that isn't impacted by wildfires and smoke.
Environment
Dec 4, 2019
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News tagged with prescribed fires
US West struggles to hit goals of fighting fire with fire
The thick scent of smoke hung in the midday air when a trail along the Kings River opened up to an ominous scene: flames in the trees and thick gray smoke shrouding canyon walls.
Environment
Aug 12, 2019
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Image: Fires in Southeastern United States
Many plumes of smoke from fires burning across the southeastern United States of America can be seen here. The fires are affecting several states including Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, and Florida.
Earth Sciences
Apr 11, 2013
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Leaf litter and soil protect acorns from prescribed fire
U.S. Forest Service scientists have found that prescribed fires with the heat insulation of leaf litter and soil can help restore oak ecosystems.
Environment
Jul 18, 2012
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Let it burn: Prescribed fires pose little danger to forest ecology, study says
(Phys.org) -- Fighting fire with fire has been given the green light by a new study of techniques used to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. And with a rise in wildfires predicted in many parts of the country, researchers ...
Ecology
Jun 12, 2012
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Pilbara mistletoe faces sub-regional extinction
A new study from the Department of Environment and Conservation suggests long-term modern fire regimes could pose a threat to WA mistletoes (Loranthaceae sp).
Environment
Dec 19, 2011
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After a mild fire year, Southern California crews look ahead to 2024
On a cool, cloudy morning one day last week, Albert Rivas approached a pile of dry wood in the Angeles National Forest and set it on fire.
Environment
Dec 5, 2023
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A planned fire threatened lives of two California sequoias; now they are sprouting new life
A pair of giant sequoias were damaged in a prescribed burn last fall at Calaveras Big Trees State Park—and when they were discovered months later, it was unknown whether one of them would survive.
Plants & Animals
Nov 1, 2023
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Another above-average wildfire season for 2022. How climate change is making fires harder to predict and fight.
Harlene Schwander didn't need a second warning from firefighters as a blaze burned toward her home in Klamath River, California, in July.
Earth Sciences
Dec 27, 2022
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Smoke seasons aren't new but our efforts to control wildfires are, and should change
,Like many people, I will remember this summer in shades of gray and red. As snapshots of a dull orange sun circulated social media, "zombie fires" rose from the Russian permafrost, entire towns were wiped off the map and ...
Environment
Aug 20, 2021
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