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California firefighters face tough wildfire season
2014-09-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KABC: With the amount of wildfires California has already seen this year, it might come as a bit of a surprise that traditional fire season is just getting underway. Black hillsides and firefighters cleaning up some burned vegetation are the only remaining signs of the Silverado Fire that burned 968 acres in Silverado Canyon in the Cleveland National Forest earlier this month. The blaze was another reminder that fire season never really ended in California. "We're in the third year of a drought, so...
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Washington state enduring record wildfire season, official says
2014-09-11 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The wildfire season in Washington state has been one of the most destructive on record, charring 550 square miles of wilderness and destroying hundreds of homes and structures, the state Department of Natural Resources said on Thursday. The assessment came as Washington Governor Jay Inslee renewed a request for the federal government to offer assistance to more than 300 people who lost their homes during July's record-setting Carlton Complex blaze near the Cascade Mountains. Washington has...
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Worst wildfire season in decades in Canadas Northwest Territories
2014-07-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Radio Canada: The wildfire season continues to get worse in Canadas Northwest Territories. Already listed as the worst season for fires in memory, its now estimated to be costing the territorial government Canadian $1 million (U.S. $931,000) a day to fight the fires. What we are seeing in the Northwest Territories this year is an indicator of what to expect with climate change, says Mike Flannigan, a professor of Wildland Fire in the University of Albertas renewable resources department. Expect more...
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Ahead Of Wildfire Season, Scientists Study What Fuels Fires
2014-05-09 22:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: As fire managers in the drought-stricken Southwest gear up for another long and expensive wildfire season, federal fire scientists are trying to better understand the physics behind what makes blazes spread. At a U.S. Forest Service fire lab in Riverside, Calif., a team of scientists is conducting daily experiments over the next few months on different fire behavior conditions. They hope to hand off their findings to fire managers, who have to make the quick decisions on where to deploy resources...
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Australias Wildfire Season Has Started, and It Isnt Even Summer Yet
2013-10-01 01:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: When the writers of the long-running Australian soap opera Home and Away return to work, theyll have plenty of real-life drama to inspire fresh story lines. On Sept. 28, an out-of-season bushfire as wildfires are called in Australia stripped bare 17 hectares of bushland overlooking Palm Beach, the golden strip of sand 45 km north of Sydney where the soap is set. A quick response by 80 firefighters and three helicopters saved a handful of bush walkers caught up in the middle of the inferno. Also...
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