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Indonesia Burning: Forest Fires Flare to Alarming Levels
2013-08-29 22:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: Fires were ablaze once more on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, reaching levels almost as high as those of June 2013, when neighboring Singapore and Malaysia were smothered by record-breaking smog and haze. NASA satellites registered a total of 734 high-confidence fire alerts in Sumatras provinces for the period August 22-27. Fire alert numbers declined significantly August 28-29. WRI analyzed the alerts as part of an ongoing series on the fires and haze. We found that, similar to the June fires,...
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The Yosemite Inferno in the Context of Forest Policy, Ecology and Climate Change
2013-08-29 18:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Assessing the drivers of wildfire trends in the American West these days can be akin to Hercule Poirots task on the Orient Express, on which there was one murder with 12 final suspects all of whom were guilty. For western [wild]fire (its hard to see how the wild part of that word applies any more, given how many human factors are involved), the suspects are a century of accumulated fire debt from fire suppression efforts, development and road construction, natural fluctuations in drought and...
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CT Deep closes parts of State Forest - cites virus-carrying mosquitoes
2013-08-28 05:50:24| Biotech - Topix.net
Connecticut will conduct "ultra low-volume" ground spraying of pesticides affecting adult mosquitoes in the closed areas of Pachaug State Forest to reduce the number of mosquitoes.
Can you see the Forest For The Trees?
2013-08-27 19:14:18| PortlandOnline
The Forest For The Trees project brought artists from around the globe to collaborate together and create incredible murals in Portland all while exposing the community to the creative process.
Forest River and Thor in a Mid-Year 'Dead Heat'
2013-08-26 23:15:14| Mobile Homes - Topix.net
For the first time in memory, the industry's two RV-building volume leaders, Thor Industries Inc. and Forest River Inc., are in a dead heat for retail market share in both towable and motorized RVs, according to Statistical Surveys Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich.
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