About two months after quick-sweeping wildfires swept through the island of Maui, leaders and tourism stakeholders are asking tourists to visit the “Valley Isle” again — respectfully. According to the National Fire Protection Association, these were some of the most devastating wildfires in the U.S. in over a century. The wildfires killed over 100 people, ...
It is not uncommon to find people trying to restore vegetation or forests ravaged by natural calamities. However, it is really inspiring to see border collies reseed forest land ravaged by the wildfires. In early 2017, a huge part of the forest in Chile was devastated by a raging wildfire. The fire killed 11 people ...
Increasing disturbances and activities in disturbed boreal forest areas greatly contribute to the global degradation of forested ecosystems, with important influences on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Thus, understanding the restoration processes of forest biodiversity, community structure, and ecosystem functioning is a key issue in restoration ecology. In a boreal forest, understory vegetation composes the majority ...
A false claim that the Australian bushfires were the handiwork of a few arsonists has gone viral on social media. The truth is that even though some people have been charged with arson for igniting fires, it is not the major reason why Australia is currently under siege of massive bushfires. Fake news “I can ...
The fires raging across the Amazon rainforest have been one of the most discussed topics in the world over the past weeks. However, most people seem to be unaware that Amazon is not the only region plagued by fires. Forests across the EU and Africa have been rapidly burning up this year, some driven by ...
The latest findings, derived from the highly reliable data of NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument aboard the Aqua satellite, reveal the movement high in the atmosphere of carbon monoxide associated with fires in Brazil’s Amazon region. This time series maps carbon monoxide at an altitude of 18,000 feet (5,500 meters) from Aug. 8-22, 2019. ...
Charcoal produced by wildfires could trap carbon for hundreds of years and help mitigate climate change, according to new research just published. The extensive and unprecedented outbreak of wildfires in the arctic and the vast amounts of CO2 they are emitting have been hitting the headlines across the world. But a new Nature Geoscience study ...
Forest fires are more harmful than previously imagined, causing stunted growth in children who are exposed to the harmful smoke while in the womb during pregnancy, according to new research from Duke University and the National University of Singapore. The authors found prenatal exposure to haze from forest fires led to a statistically significant 1.3-inch decrease ...
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