Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2023 10:31:23 +0000
Thousands of people in Quebec, Canada evacuated their homes this month due to raging wildfires. More than 400 miles away, New York City experienced its worst air quality in history, and briefly had the worst air quality of any city in the world. And New York wasn’t alone: As of June 7, 2023, more than […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 19:35:57 +0000
Climate change has suddenly become much more real for many Americans as smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets the country.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 23:35:33 +0000
Fireworks start over 19,000 fires and send over 9,000 people to the ER each year in the United States.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 21:35:03 +0000
Not only is the fire season longer, wildfires are burning larger areas more severely and at higher elevations. The average acreage that has burned every year since 2000—7 million—is more than double the annual average of 3.3 million acres in the 1990s,
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 20:35:17 +0000
In a world with a changing climate, what does a typical wildfire season in the western United States look like? For what should we be prepared?
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:05:23 +0000
California utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) said it plans to invest $18 billion toward its wildfire prevention program through 2025 after sustaining major financial losses from fire-related claims over the past few years. PG&E filed for bankruptcy in 2019, and has paid billions of dollars in settlement awards tied to criminal and civil liabilities […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 13:11:30 +0000
Danger season in the United States is the time of year between roughly May and October when a number of climate-related hazards, including heatwaves, floods, wildfires, and hurricanes, tend to occur — at times simultaneously or back-to-back. Climate change is making many of these events more frequent, intense, and/or longer-lasting, and as a result, more […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 01:52:33 +0000
As wildfire season blazes on, PNNL researchers are fighting back with science
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 22:35:27 +0000
Climate change is making wildfires worse, both in terms of when they happen and how bad they are when they get started. Shifting rain patterns, drought, dry air, and dry lightning all make for nasty conditions. The Biden administration is committed to mitigating the effects of climate change and helping communities defend themselves against increasingly […]
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:05:52 +0000
Wildland firefighters have been sounding the alarm on a lack of accessible housing. Is anyone listening?