News tagged with forest fires

GOES-13 satellite sees 'giant white spike' of clouds bringing U.S. severe weather

(PhysOrg.com) -- Severe weather is expected to impact the southeastern U.S. today, and the GOES-13 satellite captured an image of a line of clouds associated with the strong cold front that looks like a giant ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Managing fire and biodiversity

A 23-year study of dry sclerophyll forests in south-eastern NSW has thrown new light on the role of fire in the landscape.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Huge wildfire shutters Chile national park

Chilean firefighters on Saturday tried to contain a massive wildfire that has ravaged tens of thousands of acres of pristine Patagonia and forced authorities to close a popular national park.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 31, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New satellite observations reveal link between forests and acid rain

A team from LATMOS/IPSL, working in collaboration with Belgian researchers from the Institut d'Aeronomie Spatiale de Belgique (IASB) and the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), have revealed the existence ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Forest health versus global warming: Fuel reduction likely to increase carbon emissions

Forest thinning to help prevent or reduce severe wildfire will release more carbon to the atmosphere than any amount saved by successful fire prevention, a new study concludes.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 33

Satellite data shows that Kirtland's warblers prefer forests after fire

(PhysOrg.com) -- Kirtland's warblers are an endangered species of lightweight little birds with bright yellow-bellies that summer in North America and winter in the Bahamas. But be it their winter or their ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brazil says Amazon deforestation down to lowest level

Brazil said Monday that the pace of deforestation in its Amazon region fell to its lowest level since authorities began monitoring the world's largest tropical rainforest.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Hydrocarbon pollution along the coast of Galicia shot up five years after the Prestige oil spill

The results of a recent study by the University of Santiago de Compostela on Kentish Plover eggs has shown that there was a unexpected increase in hydrocarbon levels along the coast of Galicia five years after ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Savannas, forests in a battle of the biomes, researchers find

Climate change, land use and other human-driven factors could pit savannas and forests against each other by altering the elements found by Princeton University researchers to stabilize the two. Without this ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Forest fires are becoming larger and more frequent

The study, recently published in the journal Climatic Change, is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration between two researchers: one is UC3M Professor Santiago Fernández Muñoz, who has wo ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Super-tough seed coat keeps Michaux's sumac on critically endangered list

It is one of the rarest shrubs in the southeastern United States, and for scientists trying to save it, the critically endangered Michaux's sumac (Rhus michauxii) is not cooperating.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nuclear power essential to cut emissions: UK expert

Britain's chief scientific adviser voiced concern Wednesday at moves to abandon nuclear power after Japan's Fukushima crisis, saying it remains vital to combat global warming.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 22

A labor saving way to monitor vast rangelands

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have found that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a tool used by the military, may be suitable for keeping an eye on changing land-use patterns across vast tracts of western ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Time to begin anticipating and adapting to climate change

Despite the uncertainties surrounding climate change, it is time to start developing effective strategies that will keep the nation's transportation systems and other critical infrastructure running in the face of the adverse ...

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created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

NASA airborne sensors help firefighters battle flames

As the summer blazes on, NASA-developed infrared imaging technology will once again be used to support wildfire incident commanders in California.

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created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0