by faster | May 9, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: South China Morning Post DATE: May 9, 2020 SNIP: It has not got much attention with the world focused on coronavirus, but deforestation has surged in the Amazon rainforest this year, raising fears of a repeat of last year’s record-breaking devastation – or...
by faster | Nov 8, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Weather Underground DATE: November 8, 2018 SNIP: Fire weather typically peaks during the autumn in California’s Mediterranean climate. The state’s precipitation occurs mainly during the months from late autumn through spring. The landscape then dries out in...
by faster | Jun 28, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: Climate Central DATE: June 28, 2017 SNIP: Siberian wildfire season is off and running with multiple blazes searing the boreal forest and tundra. It’s the latest example of the vast shifts happening to the forests that cover Siberia and the rest of the northern...
by faster | Jun 26, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: NASA JPL DATE: June 26, 2017 SNIP: A new NASA-funded study finds that lightning storms were the main driver of recent massive fire years in Alaska and northern Canada, and that these storms are likely to move farther north with climate warming, potentially...
