Racial, ethnic minorities face greater vulnerability to wildfires
Environmental disasters in the U.S. often hit minority groups the hardest.
Environment
Nov 2, 2018
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News tagged with wildfires
Global cyber anti-garbage drive shifts into gear
Cyber-environmentalists said Friday 80 countries have joined the World Cleanup 2012 campaign which will see volunteers across the globe use the Internet to target illegal trash dumps for cleanup.
Environment
Mar 23, 2012
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Research in ancient forests show link between climate change and wildfires
Portland State researchers studying centuries-old trees in South America have found a tight correlation between wildfires and a warm weather fluctuation that has become more frequent in recent decades - and will continue ...
Environment
Aug 29, 2017
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Study of wildfires in the US over 30 years shows number of houses burned has grown substantially
A team of forestry management researchers at the University of Wisconsin, working with a colleague from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and another from the U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental ...
Birds' diverse traits survive Amazon fires
Research in the Amazon has shown that wildfires are less of a threat to the functional diversity of rainforest birds than you might expect.
Ecology
Mar 12, 2012
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Study: Increasingly frequent wildfires linked to human-caused climate change
Research by scientists from UCLA and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory strengthens the case that climate change has been the main cause of the growing amount of land in the western U.S. that has been destroyed by large ...
Environment
Nov 5, 2021
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Drenching rains to pose greater threat to fire-damaged areas in West
The western United States this century is facing a greatly heightened risk of heavy rains inundating areas that were recently scarred by wildfires, new research warns. Such events can cause significant destruction, including ...
Environment
Apr 1, 2022
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Wildfire smoke may carry 'mind-bending' amounts of fungi and bacteria, scientists say
When wildfires roar through a forest and bulldozers dig into the earth to stop advancing flames, they may be churning more into the air than just clouds of dust and smoke, scientists say.
Environment
Feb 2, 2021
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How climate change is increasing the risk of wildfires
The army has been called in to help firefighters deal with a huge wildfire on Saddleworth Moor, Greater Manchester, where residents have been forced to evacuate. Wildfires are also blazing across Northern California while ...
Environment
Jun 29, 2018
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More homes built near wild lands leading to greater wildfire risk
More than 10 million acres burned across the country during the 2017 U.S. wildfire season at a cost of more than $2 billion—the largest bill ever.
Environment
Mar 12, 2018
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