First view of a world without fire
...orests. We also know, from satellite imagery, that wildfires are a global phenomenon occurring on all vegetated continents. Bond et al. suspected that fires are common in areas where vegetation does not "fit" the climate. If true, this suggests that fire has a major effect on the ecosystems of the world. So, h...NCAR analysis shows widespread pollution from 2004 wildfires
...he NCAR study, which indicates the extent to which wildfires contribute to atmospheric pollution, was published...istinguish between carbon monoxide coming from the wildfires and from other sources. The team concluded that the Alaskan and Canadian wildfires emitted about 30 ...Fire fighters, managers use new software to estimate fire hazard; air pollution levels
...sed to estimate how much smoke will be produced by wildfires and how much air pollution will be experienced in different areas of the country. This will help us do a better job of complying with pollution regulations." The FCCS is rapidly becoming the new standard for quantifying and mapping fuels in the Unit...Wildfires and home prices: Are they related?
PORTLAND, Ore. August 29, 2005. Do wildfires influence the housing market? Is it a consideratio... people live closer to wildland areas. Nationally, wildfires destroyed an average of 2,500 homes in 2002-2003; up from an average of 900 burned between 1985 and ...Climate change transforming Alaska's landscape
...reates a continuous swath of vegetation that helps wildfires to spread more quickly. Similar drying is happening outside the Kenai Peninsula. "It's certainly happening in Alaska on a very broad scale," says Dr. Berg. "Much of the interior is showing the same kind of drying pattern." If the warming trend conti...Coastal retreat in face of rising sea levels found to be influenced by wildfires
...ise. The researcher's findings about the impact of wildfires raise questions about whether fire suppression or ...n burned areas. Then, if land managers prevent new wildfires for longer than 10 to 15 years, the forest may re-establish itself. "In some of those areas where fi...High-flying satellites give land managers the low-down on cheatgrass
...as little forage value, increases the frequency of wildfires and elbows out native species, promoting soil erosion and reducing the value of pasture lands. Invasive plants such as cheatgrass cost land managers billions of dollars each year and have encroached upon more than 100 million acres in the United Stat...More large forest fires linked to climate change
... remarkable thing in itself." In recent years, wildfires in the western United States have burned hundreds ... natural resources. Fire-fighting expenditures for wildfires now regularly exceed one billion dollars per year. The research report will be published in the J...Forest fires a real concern for areas hit hard by hurricanes
...emove downed trees in order to prevent devastating wildfires from inflicting even more damage to hurricane ravaged areas in the Southeast. Hurricanes toppled millions of trees across the southeastern United States in 2004 and 2005. Roger Ottmar, PNW research forester, will soon lead a team of fuels speciali...New maps emphasize the human factor in wildfire management
MADISON - As wildfires put more and more human lives and property at risk...man factors to pinpoint where the most devastating wildfires are likely to start in the Santa Monica Mountains, located just north of Los Angeles. "The vegetat...NASA data helps pinpoint wildfire threats
...g build the capability to determine when and where wildfires may occur by providing details on plant conditions...entists to quickly determine the exact location of wildfires and to monitor their movement, this geoscience research offers a step toward predicting their develo...New study links western wildfires to Atlantic Ocean surface temperatures
Western U.S. wildfires are likely to increase in the coming decades, acco...nd South Dakota all had an increased prevalence of wildfires in recent centuries when a phenomenon known as the Atlantic Multi-Decadal Oscillation -- similar but...Fires fuel mercury emissions, University of Michigan study finds
...States, Biswas, Blum and coworkers calculated that wildfires and prescribed burns account for approximately 25 percent of human-generated mercury emissions in this country. Understanding the role fires play in mercury emissions is particularly important in light of predictions that forest fires will increase......ecovery of conifers on 35 plots that had burned in wildfires from 9 to 19 years ago, and generally found a high...archers said. Between 1970 and 2004, more than 600 wildfires burned over 20 million acres in Oregon and California. The 2002 Biscuit Fire, in terrain similar to ...