Sentences with phrase «driven wildfires»

Moreover, the planet has not reached a new climate stability, but global warming is creating more powerful storms and record - breaking, drought - driven wildfires.

So we have the national «liberal» media, like the NYT and NBC, blowing this story, while the local, conservative media get it right, see «conservative San Diego Union knows climate change is killing Western forests» and «Oldest Utah newspaper: Bark - beetle driven wildfires are a vicious climate cycle.»

However, the amount of carbon loss from drought - driven wildfires has remained high, says lead author Dr Luiz Aragão, leader of the tropical ecosystems and environmental sciences group (TREES) at the National Institute for Space Research in Brazil.

The new study, published in Nature Communications, explores how this enormous carbon store is being affected by both deforestation and drought - driven wildfires.

The HTC Wildfire S is the update to the budget model Google mobile OS driven Wildfire from last year, along with being one of the smallest handsets in their arsenal at 10.13 cm long and 5.94 cm wide.

7: Forests).18, 31,32,33,34,35 Long periods of record high temperatures are associated with droughts that contribute to dry conditions and drive wildfires in some areas.159 Wildfire smoke contains particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and various volatile organic compounds (which are ozone precursors) 37and can significantly reduce air quality, both locally and in areas downwind of fires.38, 39,40,41,42

Not exact matches

A Vanity Fair correspondent captured the scene of the Los Angeles wildfires on video while driving on a freeway Wednesday morning.

The campaign drove tens of thousands of people to Jamba Juice locations; every time someone used one of Wildfire's coupons to make a purchase, the smoothie chain could credit that customer to the promotion.

With that, Goldman Sachs estimated 14 million barrels would be lost in oil production due to the wildfire - driven oil sands closures.

Wildfires in October that destroyed thousands of homes no doubt help drive the increase, he said, but more homes are being priced above the $ 1 million mark, and competition is increasing from surrounding high - priced real estate counties.

The United States set a new record last year for the total cost of weather and climate change - related disasters that exceeded $ 1 billion, driven largely by wildfires and hurricanes.

Fire whirls arise when superheated air above a wildfire drives strong updrafts and downdrafts that get sheared by the wind, causing them to twist into a vortex that funnels flames upward.

The large - scale wildfires frequently coincide with prolonged ENSO - driven droughts (El Niño / Southern Oscillation).

Drought will make farming and ranching tougher, increase the frequency and intensity of wildfires, and could drive many plant and animal species to extinction.

But it's not until inflammation kicks in that the process takes off like wildfire — and this is what drives the dementia.»

While soot blowing in from wildfires contributes to the problem, it hasn't been driving the change, the study finds.

After weeks of battling three massive wildfires, crews are expected this week to finally squelch blazes that have burned houses and millions of acres of forest in southern and eastern Arizona, driving thousands of residents from their homes.

The trend in wildfire destruction in California and throughout the West bends toward bigger, more destructive and drought - driven blazes.

In some ecosystems, big, severe wildfires are natural events and more climate - driven — by drought or high winds — so fuel reduction is not a very effective tool in these locations.

That's because hot temperatures, which are being driven by climate change, are worsening and extending wildfire seasons.

Therefore, the driving factors of contemporary wildfire activity changes must be understood to ensure that wildfires are effectively managed to promote healthy ecosystems while minimizing negative socio - economic impacts.

It turns out to be a breathtaking drive, not just for its sweeping vistas but also because it cuts through land torched by California's recent devastating wildfires.

Eggers» uproarious outlaw odyssey features an Ohio dentist, Josie, and her two children — kind eight - year - old Paul and tempestuous five - year - old Ana — as they elude Josie's ex by driving a rattletrap RV across Alaska, encountering myriad challenges, including rampaging wildfires.

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There's a reduced risk of wildfires in Santa Monica, of course, but the reduction in frequency of claims found there is also part of what drives down the cost.

There are mild concerns over whether the wildfire could reach the oil sands, but the closest mines are a 30 - minute drive north of Fort McMurray.

In addition, PetSmart stores in Alberta will host a food drive with proceeds being directed to the pets and Pet Parents who have been displaced by the wildfire.

You can also drive and cycle to Camp Wildfire.

Spracklen, D. V., J. A. Logan, L. J. Mickley, R. J. Park, R. Yevich, A. L. Westerling, and D. A. Jaffe, 2007: Wildfires drive interannual variability of organic carbon aerosol in the western US in summer.

Wildfires drive interannual variability of organic carbon aerosol in the western US in summer

I've often used the analogy to wildfires when somebody says that «climate's changed before, I guess it was the dinosaurs driving their SUVs?»

It's no surprise then that climate change - driven drought and all that comes with it have led to an increased risk of wildfires in the Alps.

[9] O. Pechony and D.T. Shindell, «Driving forces of global wildfires over the past millennium and the forthcoming century,» Proc.

And those are conditions that will help drive more severe wildfires.

Higher spring and summer temperatures, along with an earlier spring melt, are also the primary factors driving the increasing frequency of large wildfires and lengthening the fire season in the western U.S. over recent decades.13 The record - breaking fires this year in the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Region are consistent with these trends.

Climate change also appears to be driving drying in neighboring South American states like Brazil and Bolivia — where severe droughts and related warming are drying up massive lakes and helping to worsen the wildfire situation in the Amazon Rainforest.

In many ways, the northern Rockies are ground zero for climate - driven increases in wildfire.

Such drying is a feature of human - caused climate change in that human - forced warming due to fossil fuel burning increases evaporation rates and related stress to forests even as it drives fundamental alterations to precipitation patterns that can substantially worsen drought and wildfire intensity.

Tens of millions of trees have died in the Rocky Mountains over the past 15 years, victims of a climate - driven triple assault of tree - killing insects, wildfires, and stress from heat and drought.

Randle says climate change — which may already be increasing the intensity of droughts and, in turn, wildfires — is driving a vicious cycle whereby sedimentation rates increase.

In this case, a «perfect storm of environmental destruction» from deforestation, logging, wildfire, and climate change, which is driven by global demand for food, biofuels, minerals, and hydrocarbons.

Tens of millions of trees have died in the Rocky Mountains over the past 15 years, over an area as large as Colorado, victims of a climate - driven triple assault of tree - killing insects, wildfires, and stress from heat and drought.

«Although thoroughly considering the nuanced links between outbreaks and wildfires is important, recognizing that the increase in both outbreaks and wildfires is primarily driven by climatic warming may be as, or perhaps even more, important.»

While California's wildfire trends have in the past been linked to global warming, the fires ravaging Southern California this week have been driven largely by the whims of the weather.

With regard to wildfires, see Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity: «Thus, although land - use history is an important factor for wildfire risks in specific forest types... the broad - scale increase in wildfire frequency across the western United States has been driven primarily by sensitivity of fire regimes to recent changes in climate over a relatively large areaWildfire Activity: «Thus, although land - use history is an important factor for wildfire risks in specific forest types... the broad - scale increase in wildfire frequency across the western United States has been driven primarily by sensitivity of fire regimes to recent changes in climate over a relatively large areawildfire risks in specific forest types... the broad - scale increase in wildfire frequency across the western United States has been driven primarily by sensitivity of fire regimes to recent changes in climate over a relatively large areawildfire frequency across the western United States has been driven primarily by sensitivity of fire regimes to recent changes in climate over a relatively large area.»

It's because of the way the phenomenon tends to drive droughts across the tropics, which in turn leads forests, like those in Indonesia, to lose carbon in wildfires — which happened at a massive scale in 2015.

Many Texans have lost their lives during severe wildfire seasons because wildfire overtook them in their vehicles while driving.

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Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, the wildfires (at press time)-- this is a massive crisis that's going to drive up construction costs and the price of materials.

A half dozen California landlords have been charged with price gouging after allegedly spiking rents in the wake of catastrophic wildfires that have driven residents there from their homes.