Sentences with phrase «of wildfire activity»
The press release this year reiterated that at the national and global levels, we are witnessing «heightened levels of wildfire activity.»
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But the wildfires that scorched vast swaths of the US this year can scarcely be described as natural disasters, since human activities exacerbated them at every step.
2016.06.10 Canadian economic activity erratic through 2016: RBC Economics As the Canadian economy contends with softer than expected exports, weak business investment and effects of the Alberta wildfires, real GDP growth in 2016 is forecast to be 1.4 per cent...
In addition to economic value lost in the timber sector, drought reduces water quality, harms the quality of recreation activities, decreases rangelands suitable for livestock grazing and boosts wildfire risk.
Increasing wildfire activity may rapidly increase the rate of permafrost thaw.
In this study, Horney and colleagues focused on PAHs, which are a product of combustion from human activities such as petroleum consumption in transportation or natural processes such as wildfires.
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.
This intense activity is indicative of a growing trend in Western wildfires linked to changes in the climate.
There hasn't been much significant earthquake activity of late, but wildfires are certainly a major risk to be aware of.
Camp Wildfire offers a weekend of adventure and dance, with over 50 activities on offer and three nights of live music.
A study in January of this year co-authored by Steadman showed that the first humans to arrive in the area depleted small species like bats; this latest research shows that other species were lost to human activities like hunting and human - ignited wildfires.
«At the same time we constrained the methane emissions from biomass burning (wildfire activity) and showed that those did not change drastically in the past — irrespective of climate conditions.»
This raises the prospect that, as hurricane activity increases for whatever reason, the threat of wildfires in the Southeast and Gulf Coast regions could grow as the climate continues to warm, some researchers say.
Related: In the wake of this fall's wildfires in Oregon and California, Williams has helped make sense of the rise in fire activity in the American West.
In the Midwest, floods and wildfires in recent years have also impacted the business supply chain, costing untold millions worth of economic activity.
But temperatures in the range of 5 - 15 C above average along both the Russia - China border and in Western Russia have combined with warm, southerly winds to spur wildfire activity throughout these regions.
2017's very smoky summer from the intense and vast number of wildfires and those of the most recent summers has gotten everyone's attention, making it hard to breathe and do outdoor activities.
Key uncertainties involve: 1) the degree to which increases in evapotranspiration versus permafrost thaw are leading to drier landscapes; 2) the degree to which it is these drier landscapes associated with permafrost thaw, versus more severe fire weather associated with climate change, that is leading to more wildfire; 3) the degree to which the costs of the maintenance of infrastructure are associated with permafrost thaw caused by climate change versus disturbance of permafrost due to other human activities; and 4) the degree to which climate change is causing Alaska to be a sink versus a source of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
Scientists have produced new evidence linking recent examples of extreme weather — for example, droughts leading to crop failures and wildfires, or megastorms like Hurricane Sandy — to human activity.
New paper finds wildfires in the western US are at the lowest levels in 3,000 years: «Finds current fire activity is at the lowest levels of the entire 3,000 year record»
By Bobby Magill / Wunderground, published: August 15, 2013: Devastating drought in the Southwest, unprecedented wildfire activity, scorching heat waves and other extreme weather are often cited as signs of a changing climate.
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.»
Although other non-meteorological causes (e.g., human activities, fuel accumulation) have likely contributed to the observed increase of wildfires, an effect of climatic warming on wildfire occurrence is supported by this relationship.
The Provincial Court of British Columbia has announced that court locations in 100 Mile House and Williams Lake are closed due to the wildfire activity in the area.
There hasn't been much significant earthquake activity of late, but wildfires are certainly a major risk to be aware of.
• Wildfire trends indicate that wildfire activity often follows a cyclical pattern of increase and decrease due to changing seasonal weather pWildfire trends indicate that wildfire activity often follows a cyclical pattern of increase and decrease due to changing seasonal weather pwildfire activity often follows a cyclical pattern of increase and decrease due to changing seasonal weather patterns.
• Persistent and intensifying drought conditions forecast for a large section of the U.S. for the coming year is expected to intensify and spread wildfire activity in early 2012.