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A range of bushfire and weather prediction maps used in Australia. The researchers surveyed more than 3,000 people across all Australian states and territories in 2022 and 2023 to see if and how ...
Wildfire smoke directly increases dementia risk
2024年12月9日 · A study of more than 1.6 million people in California found a direct correlation between exposure to wildfire smoke and increased dementia risk.
Global wildfires made much more likely thanks to climate change
2024年11月19日 · The researchers said in all major focal events the report studied, extremely burned areas were driven by the synchronized critical factors of weather, fuel moisture, and fuel abundance.
Surprise late-season wildfires in northeast omens of things to come
2024年11月12日 · Credit: New Jersey Forest Fire Service. Drought played an integral role in the fires’ spread, with NOAA calling the Fall 2024 drought “historic” in a tweet on Oct. 31. “ 48 states have ...
North Dakota wildfires trigger statewide emergency, evacuations
2024年10月6日 · North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum declared a statewide fire emergency as wildfires killed one person and triggered numerous evacuations.. The state’s forest service is fighting multiple fires mainly ...
'Unprecedented' Wyoming wildfire expands evacuations
2024年10月3日 · The Elk Fire burning throughout Wyoming’s Big Horn National Forest near the town of Dayton triggered evacuations late Tuesday night and expanded evacuation warnings for nearby residents ...
Oregon's worst wildfire season ever in 2024 breaks acreage record
2024年8月10日 · Wildfires have burned more Oregon acreage in 2024 than ever before. The Oregon Department of Forestry’s Daily Situation Report for Aug. 9 estimated 1,387,541 acres burned so far. Officials ...
Wildland firefighter pay boost may become permanent in 2025
6 天之前 · Wildland firefighters. Credit: USFS. The supplemental pay increase was most recently included in Congress’ Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2024 and will remain in place until ...
California’s ALERT camera network now publicly accessible
2023年5月18日 · Cal Fire and other agencies are using a network of over 1,000 cameras across California to track wildfires -- and now the public can access the network, too. FOX News reports thatthe University of ...
Firefighting aircraft market will boom as wildfires surge, report says
2024年12月2日 · File photo of an Air Tractor 802 Fire Boss operated by Conair. The market has “grown strongly” in recent years, with an increase from $8.77 billion in 2023 to $9.57 billion in 2024.