by faster | Oct 1, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: October 1, 2020 SNIP: Fires in Brazil’s Amazon increased 13% in the first nine months of the year compared with a year ago, as the rainforest region experiences its worst rash of blazes in a decade, data from space research agency Inpe has...
by faster | Sep 11, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: E&E News DATE: September 11, 2020 SNIP: Historic wildfires raging from California to Colorado are weakening watersheds and setting the stage for deadly mudslides and flooding and, in some places, threatening to poison critical water supplies. Fueled by...
by faster | Sep 7, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: September 7, 2020 SNIP: Wildfires have burned more than 2m acres (809,000 hectares) in California this year, setting a state record even as crews battled dozens of growing blazes in sweltering temperatures Monday that strained the electrical...
by faster | Aug 7, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: NASA DATE: August 7, 2020 SNIP: Abnormally warm temperatures have spawned an intense fire season in eastern Siberia this summer. Satellite data show that fires have been more abundant, more widespread, and produced more carbon emissions than recent seasons....
by faster | Jul 20, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Moscow Times DATE: July 20, 2020 SNIP: Wildfires in Russia have burned across an area larger than the size of Greece so far in 2020, Greenpeace Russia said Monday as it criticized the authorities of inaction. Using satellite data, Greenpeace Russia estimated...
