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
... > full story
Rapid Rise in Wildfires in Large Parts of Canada? Ecologists Find Threshold Values for Natural Wildfires
Large forest regions in
Canada are apparently about
to experience rapid change.
Based on models, scientists
can now show that there are
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Visual Tour of Earth's Fires
NASA has released a series
of new satellite data
visualizations that show
tens of millions of fires
detected worldwide from
space since 2002. ... > full story
Study Finds Failure Points in Firefighter Protective Equipment
In fire experiments
conducted in uniformly
furnished, but vacant
Chicago-area townhouses,
researchers uncovered
temperature and heat-flow
... > full story
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Reclaiming Land After a Forest Fire
December 22, 2011 Researchers treated burnt soil with an organic polymer used in agriculture. Applying granules of the non-toxic polymer cut soil erosion by half in both laboratory and field ... > full story -
Aerial Robot System Can Save Firefighter Lives, Study Suggests
November 11, 2011 A new system built around an unmanned aerial vehicle has faced a real-world test in a West Virginia controlled forest burn, and proved its ... > full story -
Sea Change Can Forecast South American Wildfires
November 11, 2011 Tiny temperature changes on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans provide an excellent way to forecast wildfires in South American rainforests, new research ... > full storyMore: -
Delaware Fire Service Offers Important Lessons for Fire Prevention Programs Nationwide
November 7, 2011 Fire and life safety programs in Delaware offer a strategic, comprehensive and coordinated approach to fire prevention. A new study highlights the diversity of prevention initiatives underway in the ... > full story -
Wetlands: Drying Intensifying Wildfires, Carbon Release Ninefold, Study Finds
November 2, 2011 Drying of northern wetlands has led to much more severe peatland wildfires and nine times as much carbon released into the atmosphere, according to new ... > full story -
Savannas and Forests in a Battle of the Biomes
November 1, 2011 Climate change, land use and other human-driven factors could pit savannas and forests against each other by altering the elements found by researchers to stabilize the two. Without this harmony, the ... > full story -
Production of Biofuel from Forests Will Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Study Finds
October 26, 2011 The largest and most comprehensive study yet done on the effect of biofuel production from West Coast forests has concluded that an emphasis on bioenergy would increase carbon dioxide emissions from ... > full story -
'Albedo Effect' in Forests Can Cause Added Warming, Bonus Cooling
October 19, 2011 Wildfire, insect outbreaks and hurricanes destroy huge amounts of forest every year and increase the amount of carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere, but scientists are now learning more about ... > full story -
Super-Tough Seed Coat Keeps Michaux's Sumac on Critically Endangered List
October 11, 2011 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 ... > full story -
Spreading Like Wildfire? Maybe Not Always: Research Helps Define Fire Standards to Protect Homes
October 11, 2011 The US Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate is funding experimental fire research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology to discover when and how ... > full story
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