Western wildfire smoke plumes are getting taller
In recent years the plumes of smoke crawling upward from Western wildfires have trended taller, with more smoke and aerosols lofted up where they can spread farther and impact air quality over a wider area. The likely cause is climate change, with de.....»»
Earlier snowpack melt in the West could bring summer water scarcity
Snow is melting earlier, and more rain is falling instead of snow in the mountain ranges of the Western U.S. and Canada, leading to a leaner snowpack that could impact agriculture, wildfire risk and municipal water supplies come summer, according to.....»»
Smoke choking Canadians but cooling wildfires by blocking out sun
Wildfire smoke blanketing western Canada has triggered health warnings in several cities, but was also helping to cool blazes by blocking out a hot sun across hard-hit portions of the country Sunday......»»
Almost 40% of land burned by western wildfires can be traced to carbon emissions
Almost 40% of forest area burned by wildfire in the western United States and southwestern Canada in the last 40 years can be attributed to carbon emissions associated with the world's 88 largest fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers, accord.....»»
Smoke from Canada wildfires prompts air quality alerts in Colorado, Montana
Smoke from dozens of raging wildfires in western Canada has drifted south into the United States and prompted the states of Colorado and Montana to issue air quality alerts......»»
Spain says containing wildfire as conditions improve
Spanish authorities said Saturday that firefighters and soldiers were managing to contain a blaze in the country's west that has forced hundreds of people to evacuate from nearby villages......»»
SanDisk Extreme SSDs keep abruptly failing—firmware fix for only some promised
Ars saw two 2TB units become unreadable, but SanDisk only confirms 4TB troubles. Enlarge / SanDisk's Extreme Pro Portable SSD V2. (credit: Western Digital) SanDisk customers have been complaining about the company's Ext.....»»
The best smart smoke detectors
Time for your old smoke detector to get an upgrade? These smart smoke detectors offer app controls, smartphone alerts, better detection features, and more......»»
Mapping the shallow seabed of the Mediterranean coast using satellite images
Satellite-derived bathymetry continues to advance and improve rapidly. A recent study has confirmed the effectiveness of a methodology developed to obtain bathymetric data from satellite images in the Western Mediterranean. The results of this resear.....»»
Study: Wildfire spread risk increases where trees, shrubs replace grasses
Across the United States over the past decade, an average of over 61,000 wildfires have burned some 7.2 million acres per year. Once a wildfire starts spreading, the firefighting task is exacerbated by issues like spot fires, where winds carry lofted.....»»
After years of silence, the "Killers of the Flower Moon" trailer depicts a grim, true story
Apple has at long last released a trailer for "Killers of the Flower Moon," an upcoming Western drama from Martin Scorsese that stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Mollie Kyle."Killers of the Flower Moon"Debuting at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, May.....»»
As Canada fights the Alberta and BC wildfires, it must also plan for future disasters
British Columbia and Alberta are on fire. Tens of thousands of people have had to evacuate in Alberta, while much of B.C. is already experiencing higher-than-usual wildfire risk. With more than 150 fires currently burning across the two provinces, a.....»»
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis vetoes bill that could have delayed gray wolf reintroduction
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis followed through with his not-too-veiled hint that he would veto a measure that could have delayed the state's plan to capture and release gray wolves along the Western Slope by the end of the year......»»
High-res Western drought forecasts could be on horizon
A new computer modeling technique developed by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) offers the potential to generate months-ahead summertime drought forecasts across the Western United States with the capability of differ.....»»
Threatened turtle relocation project demonstrates importance of micro-climate conditions
One of the world's first attempts to relocate an animal species threatened by climate change—Western Australia's critically endangered Western Swamp Turtle—has delivered early findings about the importance of replicating the natural micro-climate.....»»
African smoke over the Amazon
The Brazilian rainforest is one of the world's few continental regions with clean air. However, this is only true during the wet season, when the concentration of particulate matter is very low. During the dry season, it's a different story: numerous.....»»
Whale sharks found to slow down to allow researchers to scrape off parasites
A trio of marine biologists from The University of Western Australia has found that some whale sharks will slow their swimming to allow researchers to scrape collections of copepods from sensitive areas. In their study, reported in the journal Fishes.....»»
Kioxia and WD reportedly resume merger talks
As the slow demand for NAND persists, Kioxia and Western Digital are reportedly accelerating their merger talks, which may create the second-largest flash memory chip producer after Samsung Electronics......»»
Powerful cyclone floods homes, cuts communications in western Myanmar; at least 6 dead, 700 injured
Rescuers on Monday evacuated about 1,000 people trapped by seawater 3.6 meters (12 feet) deep along western Myanmar's coast after a powerful cyclone injured hundreds and cut off communications. Six deaths were reported, but the true impact was not ye.....»»
The Weird Way Australia’s Bushfires Influenced a Weirder La Niña
In 2019 and 2020, the out-of-control blazes sent clouds of smoke across the Pacific, where they brightened clouds and cooled the ocean......»»
Research suggests smoke from the Black Summer fires may have made the triple La Nina more likely
The 2019-2020 bushfire season was devastating. Vast areas of pristine forest burned, many for the first time in memory. By some estimates, a billion native animals died up and down Australia's east coast. Dozens of people died......»»