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Australian wildfires destroy at least 20 homes
2014-02-09 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: More than 30 homes have been razed in the worst fire conditions Australia has seen since a 2009 inferno killed 173 people, with flames threatening the country's second-largest city, officials said Monday. Hot, dry winds and soaring temperatures fanned scores of major blazes across the southeast on Sunday, with Victoria state sweltering through its worst fire risk weather in five years. "They were ferocious fires, they ran hard, they hit homes," said fire commissioner Craig Lapsley. The emergency...
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Forest emissions, wildfires explain why ancient Earth was so hot
2014-02-05 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The release of volatile organic compounds from Earth's forests and smoke from wildfires 3 million years ago had a far greater impact on global warming than ancient atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide, a new Yale study finds. The research provides evidence that dynamic atmospheric chemistry played an important role in past warm climates, underscoring the complexity of climate change and the relevance of natural components, according to the authors. They do not address or dispute the significant...
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Climate change means more wildfires, & that means lots more air pollution
2014-02-04 22:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Wildfires not only jeopardize lives and property. They also cause air pollution from planet-warming carbon dioxide to health-endangering soot and nitrogen oxides. This pollution can trigger hospital visits. It can also hamper agricultural output, and damage forests and other ecosystems. This will be a particular problem in California, according to new research published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. Scientists analyzed future climate and population scenarios for the state...
Burlington Northern Train Sparks Wildfires Across Edmond
2014-01-17 07:41:58| Railroads - Topix.net
Sparks from a northbound Burlington Northern train caused several small fires on at least a three mile stretch down Broadway.
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Have Australia's wildfires sent Tony Abbott's climate policies up in smoke?
2013-10-31 12:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Is nature trying to tell Tony Abbott something? No sooner had the new Australian Prime Minister started to dismantle the last government's policies for reducing carbon emissions, than wildfires swept across New South Wales, reigniting as it were the debate over climate change. The fires the worst in the state for two decades followed unprecedentedly high temperatures. Both July and September were the hottest ever recorded in the state, with August only just falling short. And October is...
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