Sentences with phrase «how wildfires»

NRDC connects the dots between events fueled by climate change and health, such as how wildfires contribute to asthma and how severe rainfall can spread disease.

Fan and her postdocs focus on getting a process - level understanding of how wildfires and urbanization affect cloud formation and storms, particularly when plumes of fine smoke particles well up over the Rocky Mountains and interact with storm systems on the central plains.

One puzzling fact about those traveling smoke particles has Fan transfixed: how wildfires influence hailstone formation, size, and frequency.

Many interacting factors influence whether and how wildfires will spread, including fire intensity, wind intensity, the quantity of firebrands that land on structures, the heat that impacts structures, how structures ignite, the distance between structures and vegetation, and the distance between structures.

Only aloft, some scientists say, can researchers start to really understand how a wildfire «breathes» and moves across the landscape.

But improvements in how wildfire dangers have been managed have fallen far short of the reimaginations of landscapes that are needed.

Our guest on Living Lab Radio is Edward Struzik, author of Fire storm: How Wildfire Will Shape Our Future.

The chart below illustrates how wildfire emissions have changed from 1850 to 2014, according to the model results.

The new research is «innovative», but may overlook some factors, such as how wildfire severity has changed over time, other scientists tell Carbon Brief.

Interviewees often had significantly different forest and fuel types, climate conditions, fire regime, topography, and other physical land characteristics resulting in significant variations in how wildfire is addressed...

Not exact matches

Part of Slack's luck was also how quickly its reputation grew thanks to word - of - mouth among tech startup employees, fueling it to spread like wildfire while earning it «increasing returns,» as Butterfield says.

It's probably how decisions will be made in the wake of Harvey, Irma, Maria, and this season's apocalyptic Western wildfires.

He discussed the impacts on climate change connected with the expansion of the oil sands and raised last summers» wildfires in BC as an example of how climate change is impacting us now.

The effort to clean up debris from the October wildfires has been made more complicated by confusion over just how «clean» the cleared lots must be before rebuilding can proceed.

Sonoma County wants to give victims of the wildfires certainty over how much it will cost and how long it will take to get permits to rebuild in the unincorporated areas.

How have the October wildfires in the North Bay impacted local businesses that are still standing?

It's too early to tell exactly how much of an impact hurricanes Harvey and Irma will have on the prices for lumber and other building materials, especially as other factors such as wildfires and duties are still uncertain.

How about this... Christianity spread like a wildfire because Jesus» disciples witnessed his resurrection.

I love most things about California, having been stationed there for 5 years, but you are a complete tool... how in the hell do you prepare for wildfires?

I am so glad that you enjoyed these... I'm floored by how these have taken off like wildfire on Pinterest!

How an Important Central Coast Vineyard Fought Off the Alamo Fire Two of the current wildfire season's biggest blazes, the Alamo and Whittier fires, have ravaged tens of thousands of acres in Californias Central Coast region, in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, respectively...

Subscribe to the Afternoon Brief Trending Story: Sonoma, Napa Grape Growers Waiting to See How Vineyards Were Changed by Wine Country Wildfires As he walks down a row of pruned zinfandel vines, Russ Messana plays a waiting game.

It's a troublesome feeling because we're all supposed to be good little lactivists who never speak unless we're spoken to, and yet by doing so we allow misinformation to be spread like wildfire when we had a chance to correct it... then when we do it only results in more defensiveness, often regardless of how you phrase it.

«The work of DEC's wildfire - fighting crew is a prime example of how states can work together and share resources during times of adversity,» said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos.

Readers will learn how to match a tooth to the correct mammal, discover the intelligence of crows, deepen their passion for plants and gain insights into wildfire - prone terrain when just by picking up any of the winners of this year's AAAS / Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books.

How Arizona's wildfires grew into a monster The realization that a project like 4FRI is needed stemmed from the Dude fire near Payson, Ariz., in 1990.

The findings of a U.S. Forest Service study shed light on how vegetation responds to severe wildfire and whether further disturbances from logging affect regrowth.

Since the largest portion of individuals affected by wildfires base their final decision on physical cues, the researchers recommend that communication to this population should focus on how to appropriately assess physical wildfire cues and the challenges of making an accurate assessment.

Influences on wildfire evacuation decisions,» revealed that those inclined to evacuate believe that evacuation is an effective risk mitigation strategy, and those inclined to stay have a higher tolerance for risk and believe they know how to prepare their property for wildfire.

Garfin notes that political, social, and economic factors can influence how communities respond to threats such as droughts, wildfires, and heat - related illnesses.

Doerr routinely starts wildfires in heath and gorse areas in the UK and around the world to try to understand how such blazes might affect the ecosystem.

But while wildfires are estimated to contribute about 18 percent of the total PM2.5 emissions in the U.S., many questions remain on how these emissions will affect human populations, including how overall air quality will be affected, how these levels will change under climate change, and which regions are to most likely to be impacted.

Damage from the Tubbs fire in October now presents a rare opportunity to learn about the behavior of wildfire, its ecological aftermath and how we live with fire

So as crews fight the forest fire just outside NCAR's border, scientists at a facility that has enjoyed its idyllic perch along the Rocky Mountains for decades are wondering how severe the wildfire risk will be in the coming years.

They are using the simulation, detailed in a new paper in Royal Society Open Science, to determine how drought, warmer weather, more frequent wildfires and other climate - related changes will affect forests across North America.

Using these historical records, University of Missouri researchers were able to shed new light on how the interaction of natural disturbances, such as wildfires, and human actions shape forest conditions and the ecosystem services that forests provide today.

How should federal agencies manage the overgrown forests generated by wildfire suppression in the past?

The findings from the wildfire study offer a new clue as to how naturally occurring charcoal can remain stable for long periods of time, Masiello said.

If we can better understand scientifically how wildland fires behave, we'll have a better chance to accurately predict the spatial and temporal evolution of high intensity wildfires, says Dr. Shankar Mahalingam, dean of the UAH College of Engineering, and professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

My colleagues and I set out to study the patterns that appear in local media coverage of wildfires so that we could better understand what policy problems local journalists bring up, how they assign blame or responsibility, and whether these trends change over time.

The models incorporated how climate change may alter the number and size of wildfires.

Sankey and his colleagues wanted to estimate how projected increases in wildfires would change erosion throughout the West between the start of the 21st century and 2050 — the first assessment of fire - induced erosion, said Sankey.

Masiello is an expert on how carbon behaves in soil, and she noticed a vexing problem in both the scientific literature and findings from her lab: Charcoal is abundant in soil, particularly in fertile regions like Europe's breadbasket and America's Corn Belt, but while it's clear that most soil charcoal came from wildfires, it wasn't at all clear why it stayed there so long or how it got into the soil after a fire.

And as climate change further amplifies wildfire hazards, how can residents of the wildland - urban interface adjust?

In the UF / IFAS study, scientists wanted to know how and why some butterflies survive wildfires and prescribed burns, particularly where the insect feeds and lays eggs on fire - adapted plants.

What causes wildfires on this scale, and how can we prevent them?

Scientists at the University of Sydney have analysed up to 22 years of long - term monitoring data on plants and animals in central Australia to project how changing rainfall and wildfire patterns, because of climate change, will influence desert wildlife.

UF / IFAS scientists wanted to know how two butterfly species, such as the adult atala could survive wildfires.

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

He has studied and published on how avian and vegetation systems re-assemble after disturbances such as wildfire, wind - throw and ice storms, and after incidences of forest disease in Boreal ecosystems of North America.