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wildfires, Tag
- The ‘New Normal’ for Western Forest Fires – Not Necessarily Wed, 19 Sep 18, 5:27pmDealing with Forest Fire Risk Guest essay by Don Healy Looking out on smoke and ash filled vistas while reading about the Carr, Mendocino and numerous other forest fires raging through the Western U.S. and British Columbia...
- California's response to record wildfires: shift to 100% clean energy | Dana Nuccitelli Mon, 3 Sep 18, 8:00pmCalifornia’s Democratic leaders are determined to fight the climate change that’s ravaging their state
- NASA alarmism headline: ‘A World On Fire’ Fri, 24 Aug 18, 8:45amFrom NASA Goddard. The world is on fire. Or so it appears in this image from NASA’s Worldview. The red points overlaid on the image designate those areas that by using thermal bands detect actively burning fires. Africa...
- Gov. Brown blames “greenhouse gases” for his flawed forest management policy leading to wildfire devastation Fri, 3 Aug 18, 5:44pmGuest essay by Larry Hamlin The L A Times published yet another climate alarmist Ca. wildfire story quoting Gov. Brown claim that the states recent wildfires are driven by man made “greenhouse gases”. The Gov....
- A Geological Perspective of Wildfires Tue, 31 Jul 18, 11:57pmGuest essay by David Middleton Warning: This is a long post, >5,200 words. Introduction This post was inspired by Anthony Watts’ recent post about wildfires and their unwillingness to cooperate with the Gorebal...
- #CarrFire – Satellite Shows California Shrouded in Smoke Tue, 31 Jul 18, 4:05amNASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural color image of the fires in California and the resultant smoke that has shrouded the state and swept eastward as far as Salt Lake City and still moving...
- #CarrFire doubles overnight, from 48,312 to 80,906 acres Sun, 29 Jul 18, 4:15amThe news is not good. Video and satellite imagery follow. From Action News Now, interviewing a CalFire official: The “Carr Fire” burning in Shasta County has grown to 80,906 acres with 5 percent containment as of Saturday...
- #CarrFire in Northern California so big it is making it’s own weather Sat, 28 Jul 18, 10:39pmVideo of a “fire tornado” follows. My friend Kris Kuyper writes on Facebook: BIG Pyrocumulus clouds now forming above the smoke plume of the #CarrFire! The dirty part on the bottom is the smoke plume rising from...
- Remember when we were told that wildfires would increase due to global warming? Never mind. Thu, 26 Jul 18, 9:46amThis paper was just published in the Royal Society Biological Sciences journal. The takeaways: “Global area burned appears to have overall declined over past decades, and there is increasing evidence that there is less...
- Wildfires and drought cause national forest closures in New Mexico and Colorado Thu, 14 Jun 18, 3:00amBlazes in Colorado closed the 1.8-million-acre San Juan National Forest this week. The 416 Fire is burning on 25,900 acres and is 15 percent contained, according to a June 13 Facebook post. Meanwhile, in New Mexico, the 1.6-million-acre...
- Remember when the massive California wildfires of 2017 were blamed on global warming? Never mind. Mon, 11 Jun 18, 10:10amOn June 8th, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) made its first official announcement via press release that 12 big Northern California wildfires in October 2017 were caused by problems associated...
- Climate change has transformed much of Alaska over the past three decades Tue, 5 Jun 18, 3:00amClimate change disproportionately impacts the Arctic, where rising global temperatures wrought by the burning of fossil fuels have brought rapid, fundamental changes to places like Alaska...
- Southern California is losing its clouds, increasing the risk of more intense wildfires Fri, 1 Jun 18, 2:00amThe elevated summer temperatures in California are causing decreased levels of the low-atmosphere clouds that were once common throughout the southern coastal regions of the state...
- Wildfires spewing CO2 in Siberia and Russia could impact the whole planet Thu, 17 May 18, 4:30amWildfires are raging in Russia and Siberia, and they could have drastic consequences for the entire planet. Blazes burning in the Amur region since the start of 2018 have damaged an area around six times bigger than during...
- Wildfires in Siberia are emitting enough carbon to harm the entire planet Thu, 17 May 18, 4:30amWildfires are raging in Russia and Siberia, and they could have drastic consequences for the entire planet. Blazes burning in the Amur region since the start of 2018 have damaged an area around six times bigger than during...