Just six months after the devastating Thomas Fire – the largest blaze in California's history – was fully contained, the 2018 fire season is well under way. As of mid-July, large wildfires had already burned over 1 million ...
Environment
Jul 25, 2018
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Two federal agencies have teamed to create the first-ever system for linking accurate assessments of risk from wildland fires to improved building codes, standards and practices that will help communities better resist the ...
Environment
Dec 5, 2012
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The state of Colorado is turning to the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) to establish the country's most advanced system for predicting wildland fire behavior, including where and how quickly the blazes will ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 9, 2015
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Forest fires and wildland fires are common in summer in the temperate boreal forest, rarer at high altitudes, and unheard of in an ice age at high altitudes - until now. Evidence of wildfires dating back 20,000 years was ...
Environment
Sep 14, 2017
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Air pollution from wildland fires and urban and agricultural areas in California is diminishing air quality at Devils Postpile National Monument, according to a recent study published in the journal Atmospheric Environment.
Environment
Apr 23, 2013
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Internationally renowned expert on wildfires Albert Simeoni, a professor and the interim director of WPI's Fire Protection Engineering department, has been watching developments in Northern California where extreme fires ...
Environment
Oct 20, 2017
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A recent study of one of California's most devastating wildland fires by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) strongly suggests that measures for reducing structural ...
Engineering
Sep 4, 2013
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It seems that in some states the wildfire season has started early this year.
Earth Sciences
Feb 10, 2015
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Humans have learned to fear wildfire. It can destroy communities, torch pristine forests and choke even faraway cities with toxic smoke.
Environment
Aug 23, 2023
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It is March 2014. Growing season is right around the corner, as well as wildfire season, and hundreds of prescribed fires dot the landscape of the southeastern portion of the United States. These fires are used by farmers ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 12, 2014
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