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PG&E Using Daily Air Patrols to Help Detect Wildfires
2015-07-01 04:09:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is conducting daily aerial fire patrols across hundreds of miles of its service area, including the Sierra Nevada mountains in Northern and Central California and along the Central Coast. read more
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300+ Wildfires Rage Alaska
2015-06-27 16:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Thousands of firefighters are working to put out wildfires in Alaska as they blaze across the state. The Alaska Division of Forestry reported that as of today there are 317 wildfires burning in the Last Frontier. On Wednesday alone, there were 40 new fires and Thursday saw an additional 28 new fires, bringing the total acreage burned to 624,496 acres. Acreage burned in #Alaska increased by almost 200,000 acres yesterday. Up to 624,496 acres. http://t.co/hNwOR5KU3m pic.twitter.com/AI2tOGKIWe --...
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Wildfires blister Alaska with increased frequency, intensity
2015-06-25 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Alaska residents endure the nation's harshest winters for the reward of beautiful summer days with sunshine that lingers until midnight. But increasingly, large wildfires have marred the pristine outdoors, filling the skies with black smoke and forcing people who live near forests to flee for safety. A study released Wednesday reinforces a trend revealed by state records, showing that wildfires have been blistering Alaska with greater frequency and intensity. The findings have left forest...
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Crews Busy Fighting Wildfires Across California
2015-06-22 14:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC: Firefighters across the state are busy fighting at least a half dozen large wildfires and are keeping an eye on more than a dozen more. The largest is in San Bernardino County. It's burned more than 16,000 acres in a national forest. Five hundred structures are threatened, but none have been destroyed. That fire is now 15 percent contained. Just up the coast near San Luis Obispo, a large fire has burned 1,800 acres. Two structures have been destroyed and one person was injured. That fire is now...
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Climate Change Impacts Western Wildfires
2015-06-20 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: As ocean temperatures warm, rain and snowstorms become more intense, but may also come less often, according to distinguished senior science Dr. Kevin Trenberth at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Those are changes the people who fight wildfires across the nation have noticed. "The climate is changing. I mean if you look at the last 100 years the average temperature has increased, if you looked at the last 30 years the average temperature has increased," said Rod Moraga, a wildfire...
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