Why wildfires are getting more dangerous: After more than a year of record-breaking heat, the peak of fire season is approaching across vast swathes of our green planet. Lots of ecosystems have evolved to withstand regular fires and some are even nourished by it – there are, for example, plants that need flames to help …
Forests destroyed by wildfires emit carbon long after the flames die – new study: Charred stumps and green saplings in a Swedish forest after a fire. Natascha Kljun, CC BY-ND Even in Earth’s high northern-latitude forest, climate change is predicted to make wildfires more frequent and severe. Earth’s far north hosts the boreal forest, a …
The wildfires that led to mass extinction: a warning from California’s Ice Age history – podcast: Ringo Chiu via Shutterstock In recent years, Californians have had to deal with some deadly and destructive wildfires. But in fact, this part of the western United States has been shaped by fire for millennia. In this episode of …
Wildfires have wreaked havoc this summer – these plants were prepared: A pine forest in the Canary Islands after a wildfire. Tamara Kulikova/Shutterstock Summer 2023 has seen wildfire crews tirelessly battle forest fires worldwide. The Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the Moroccan coast, have faced their worst fires in 40 years, but amid the …
Greece wildfires: how climate change is involved, and what we can do about it: Fanned by strong winds and record temperatures, wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes recently spread from the hilly interior to the densely populated coastline with astonishing speed, leaving authorities with the daunting task of evacuating thousands of residents and holidaymakers …
Canada wildfires: an area larger than the Netherlands has been burned so far this year — here’s what is causing them: British Columbia, Canada. EB Adventure Photography/Shutterstock Over the past few weeks, wildfires have ravaged large swathes of Canada. The fires have burned millions of hectares of land, displaced tens of thousands of people and …
Climate change increases the risk of extreme wildfires around Cape Town — but it can be addressed: Fire at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images Across the globe, many recent severe wildfires have moved from wildlands into the urban periphery (the “wildland urban interface”). In their …
Extreme wildfires are turning the world’s largest forest ecosystem from carbon sink into net-emitter: Smoke from huge wildfires in Siberia is visible from space. Trzmiel / shutterstock The vast boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere stretch from Scandinavia through Siberia, Alaska and Canada. They cover a tenth of the world’s land but hold one-third of …
Wildfires often lead to dust storms – and they’re getting bigger: Firefighters battling to extinguish a wildfire. Ververidis Vasilis/Shutterstock Wildfires affect large areas of the Earth’s surface and many of their effects occur at an alarming speed. The fires that consumed half of Australia’s Kangaroo Island in 2019 left a trail of animal corpses in …
Wildfires are becoming more common in the UK – but the threat can be managed: The UK has been rather hot of late. So hot, in fact, that parts of England and Wales recently received their first ever red warning for extreme heat. Coupled with months of below average rainfall, a heatwave sparked wildfires on …
How vulnerable is the University of Cape Town to destructive wildfires?: A water chopper hovers over University of Cape Town on April 18, 2021 as a wildfire spread across the mountain. Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images Just over a year ago, a wildfire caused considerable damage to the University of Cape Town and surroundings. …
Algeria suffers from devastating wildfires, but faces big challenges in addressing them: Smoke rises from a wildfire in the forested hills of the Kabylie region, east of the capital Algiers, on August 10, 2021. RYAD KRAMDI/AFP via Getty Images Dozens of forest fires have raged through forest areas across northern Algeria. So far at least …
South Africa in the news: 2 South African firefighters in Manitoba to help battle Manitoba wildfires test positive for COVID-19: The South African firefighters were tested prior to their departure and again after their arrival in the province and are currently self-isolating, the province says.: “South Africa” – BingNews Inside Britain’s Wild West of travel …
The Table Mountain fire: what we can learn from the main drivers of wildfires: Wildfires are the inevitable consequence of three factors coming together at the same time: the weather, the spread of the fire and fuel. Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images The fires that started on 18 April 2021 on the slopes of …
Wildfires: we calculated how climate change will increase danger in the UK: The past few years have seen very severe wildfires in Australia, California, Siberia and around the Mediterranean. Wildfires have become one of the most potent symbols of the threats posed by global warming, and images of fire are widely used to illustrate climate …
California wildfires: why a gender-reveal party got the blame, but shouldn’t have: Skeeze/Pixabay At the time of writing there are 7,718 fires raging across California, 20 people have lost their lives, and nearly 5,000 buildings have been destroyed. The ignition of one of these fires caught the attention of the press, and the internet, more …
Are winter wildfires actually due to climate change?: As temperatures at Kew Gardens soared past 21?, February 26 2019 became the UK’s warmest winter day on record. That same day, a number of wildfires broke out in several different parts of the UK and Ireland – there was a substantial blaze on Marsden Moor, Yorkshire, …
A south african city video selected by www.Free-Mail.co.za: Officials in the South African city of Cape Town announced Wednesday that they had contained wildfires that were engulfing areas around the iconic Table Mountain. … Let the pictures do the talking: subscribe to No Comment http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NoCommentTV No Comment is brought to you by euronews, the most …