After two days of dealing with wildfires that have burned thousands of acres, residents across Los Angeles County received a wildfire evacuation alert on Thursday afternoon that was a mistake. Shortly after, officials sent a follow-up alert saying that the notice was intended only for people near the Kenneth Fire in Woodland Hills. Los Angeles […]
As devastating wildfires ravaged Los Angeles, film insiders at Wednesday night’s New York Film Critics Circle Awards paid emotional tribute to their friends and colleagues on the opposite coast. “My heart is with absolutely everyone in Los Angeles county,” said The Brutalist writer-director Brady Corbetaccepting best picture honors at the gala onstage at New York […]
Output maps of the distance accumulation calculation from the point and line vulnerability criteria. (a) Distance to roads, (b) Distance to trails, (c) Distance to water, (d) Distance to buildings. Credit: Di Yang et al. Standing dead trees in Yellowstone National Park are growing wildfire hazards, especially near park infrastructure. A new study published in […]
This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The more researchers learn about wildfire smoke, the more worrisome the picture gets. Smoke contains microscopic particles known as PM 2.5 because the PM (particulate matter) measures 2.5 microns or less—small enough to easily wiggle its way into our […]
Wildfires around the world are overwhelming fire services and becoming humanitarian disasters. Rather than short-term ‘save and rescue’ efforts focusing on just the flames, there should be more widespread recognition that fire is a natural process that is essential and unavoidable. Competing Interests The authors declare no competing interests.
Credit: Deep Rajwar from Pexels The eastern U.S. has more trees and shrubs than three decades ago. This growth, driven by processes such as tree and understory infilling in unmanaged forests, is helping fuel wildfires, contributing to changing fire regimes in the eastern half of the country, according to a new study. Some parts of […]
Fire crews battled small wildfires across the Northeast U.S. on Monday, including a blaze in New York and New Jersey that killed a parks employee over the weekend and postponed Veterans Day plans. (AP Video by Ted Shaffrey and Cedar Attanasio. AP Production by Ao Gao)
A wildfire burns in Quebec, Canada, in June of last year. Smoke from the fires drifted south to the United States. FREDERIC CHOUINARD / SOPFEU / Handout / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Early last summer, dull orange horizons replaced blue skies and hid city skylines in New York and Washington, D.C. Even the midday […]
