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Tar balls from wildfires worsening global warming
2013-07-10 23:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: We`ve discussed at length how global warming can make wildfires worse. But here`s some more bad news: New research suggests that the fires themselves could be worsening global warming. Forest fires release carbon from burned trees and leaves into the atmosphere. Some of that carbon is released as carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas. But a lot of it is spewed into the air as soot and clumps of black carbon known as tar balls. Soot doesn`t necessarily warm the globe - some if it can actually...
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Firefighters lose ground to 2 big Nevada wildfires
2013-07-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Two large Nevada wildfires advanced Tuesday through mountain areas near Las Vegas and southwest of Reno, while firefighters added resources and began looking to the weather to help quell flames. Fifty firefighters were added to the effort at the Carpenter 1 Fire on Mount Charleston northwest of Las Vegas, bringing to more than 800 the number of personnel battling the blaze identified as the top priority in the West, U.S. Forest Service spokesman Jay Nichols said. "We've got a fire running from...
DOE fielding aircraft-based study of aerosols generated by wildfires and agriculture burns in US
2013-07-08 20:30:16| Green Car Congress
Experts: Expect bigger, fiercer wildfires in West
2013-07-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: There's a dangerous but basic equation behind the killer Yarnell Hill wildfire and other blazes raging across the West this summer: More heat, more drought, more fuel and more people in the way are adding up to increasingly ferocious fires. Scientists say a hotter planet will only increase the risk. More than two dozen wildland fires are burning from Alaska to New Mexico, fueled by triple-digit temperatures and arid conditions. In the Arizona mountain town of Yarnell, a blaze apparently sparked...
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Experts: Expect bigger, fiercer wildfires in West
2013-07-05 03:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: There's a dangerous but basic equation behind the killer Yarnell Hill wildfire and other blazes raging across the West this summer: More heat, more drought, more fuel and more people in the way are adding up to increasingly ferocious fires. Scientists say a hotter planet will only increase the risk. More than two dozen wildland fires are burning from Alaska to New Mexico, fueled by triple-digit temperatures and arid conditions. In the Arizona mountain town of Yarnell, a blaze apparently sparked...
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