Sentences with phrase «wildfires over the study»

The researchers also used satellite data to record the total amount of CO2 released as a result of deforestation and wildfires over the study period.

Not exact matches

Over the past decade, the United States has spent $ 1.7 billion on wildfire suppression, the study noted.

The new study noted that every year from 1979 to 2013, on average, about 865 million acres of land all over the world was affected by wildfires.

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.

«In contrast to recent studies, we found that insects were able to reduce wildfire severity over a pretty large area.»

In this study, researchers examined vegetation change as a function of wildfire disturbance and climate change over a 100 - year period.

While other studies have looked at wildfire records over longer time periods, this is the first study to use high - resolution satellite data to examine wildfire trends over a broad range of landscapes, explained Littell.

Over the course of the study period, emissions from wildfires in drought years alone totalled more than 1bn tonnes, Aragão says.

A new study finds that, while rates of deforestation have sharply fallen in the Amazon over the past decade, the number of wildfires affecting the region has remained stubbornly high — particularly in drought years.

A study shows half of Alberta's boreal forest could disappear in just over 80 years due to wildfires and climate change.