Sentences with phrase «of wildfires»

The frequency and size of wildfires in the region increased in the late 20th century.

More droughts in particular also means a greater risk of wildfires.

But climate change also can impact the number and severity of wildfires.

The latest fire is just one in a series of wildfires that has plagued the region for more than a month.

Research indicates that climate change has increased the intensity and frequency of wildfires.

The accelerating effect of wildfires on climate change isn't yet recognised in national plans to curb carbon emissions, but its significance is increasing fast.

The threat of wildfires is projected to worsen over time as rising temperatures lead to more frequent, large, and severe wildfires and longer fire seasons.

Your insurance will cost more if you live in a high crime area or an area in danger of wildfires.

The annual amount of CO2 emitted as a result of wildfires has fallen over the past 80 years, a new study finds.

The high temperatures have contributed to the outbreak of wildfires around the region.

Then, the scientists used a second set of models to estimate the amount of erosion that would result within a year of these wildfires.

Our findings show that local media coverage of wildfires appears to be more nuanced than originally thought.

And changes in the climate are making many of these wildfires worse.

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

As populations expand, so does the size of communities along the forest edges, which leaves residents in the line of wildfires.

They must simply have used the remnants of wildfires sparked by lightning.

It's hard to imagine anything positive coming out of wildfires.

As a result, most of the natural action in the sky islands takes place in the vertical dimension, including the action of wildfires.

The fires, a mix of wildfires and fires set to clear farmland, create enough smoke to be visible on satellite images.

The global temperature is increasing and the climate is changing due to the greenhouse - gas emissions we have already produced, leading to a likely rise in the incidence of wildfires.

Even if they don't die of drought stress, just think of the wildfires.

Even small increases in temperature can dry soils and vegetation, increasing the risk of wildfires.

This is because, as populations grow, they cause an increase in the number of wildfires, but also an increase in the number of fires that are successfully suppressed.

It is also projected to increase health risks due to heat - waves, and the frequency of wildfires.

An average of 3.5 m square kilometres of land go up in smoke each year as a result of wildfires.

Many of the wildfires this past year created conditions that exceeded this level of pollution.

If you voluntarily evacuate, the coverage would not be available, but California as a whole is very good about requiring evacuation when reasonable because of a wildfire risk.

There has been an escalation in the severity and length of the wildfire season in the Western United States and diminished water resources, which have been linked to climate change.

The dry conditions led to water shortages in many areas and facilitated the spread of wildfires on the Iberian Peninsula.

The alarming pace of destruction — 51 percent higher than the prior year with a loss of 73.4 million acres (29.7 million hectares), according to data from the University of Maryland — was partially due to climate change that has increased the risks and intensity of wildfires by triggering temperature rise and drought in some places, the monitor said.

A satellite image captured on June 23, 2017 shows the extent of wildfires burning across Siberia.

Firefighters battling a spate of wildfires in the West will get a delivery from beer maker Anheuser - Busch this week, but the 12 ounce cans won't be filled with brew, they'll be filled with water.

While the exact sources of black carbon are often difficult to pinpoint in remote areas, the researchers used molecular analysis of the black carbon along with analysis of wind patterns to show that Greenland's ice sheet had recently seen clear effects of wildfires burning thousands of miles away in the Canadian Arctic.

The fuel used by the Corvette race cars is primarily cellulosic ethanol, made from wood waste collected in the Black Hills National Forest as part of a wildfire prevention program.

Open burning of debris is the largest cause of wildfires in New York State.

The heat, combined with low relative humidity and the chance for thunderstorms, is raising the risk of wildfires across parts of Alaska.

The cellulosic ethanol that will power Corvette Racing is made from waste wood collected in the Black Hills National Forest as part of a wildfire prevention program.

This infographic highlights the length of the wildfire season for the Western U.S. as a region.

This means that it's not enough to examine aggregate data on costs of wildfire suppression, or even the cost per acre burned, to assess the efficiency of suppression.

«We hope these results will advance the understanding of the impacts of an increasing threat of wildfire smoke, and aid in the design of early warning systems, fire suppression policies and public health programs,» said Liu.

But in a newly published study of wildfire coverage in Colorado, my co-authors and I found a more complicated story.

«Transferring funds to cover the cost of wildfire suppression is disruptive and harmful to other critical Forest Service programs and services,» Jones said.

This proved to be the ideal conditions for wildfires, which scorched 9.2 million acres in the Western U.S. last year, the third - highest area of wildfire - destroyed land on record.

«Scientist studies effects of wildfire management on bird populations.»

The behavior of a wildfire now burning uninhabited military lands near Fairbanks is also a concern, the scientist said.