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Portugal: Wildfires can burn hot without ruining soil
2013-04-23 23:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: When scientists torched an entire 22-acre watershed in Portugal in a recent experiment, their research yielded a counterintuitive result: Large, hot fires do not necessarily beget hot, scorched soil. It's well known that wildfires can leave surface soil burned and barren, which increases the risk of erosion and hinders a landscape's ability to recover. But the scientists' fiery test found that the hotter the fire -- and the denser the vegetation feeding the flames -- the less the underlying soil...
Climate Change Will Double Area Burned In U.S. Wildfires By 2050, Report Warns
2013-04-04 22:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateProgress: Wildfires in the U.S. will be at least twice as destructive by 2050, burning around 20 million acres nationwide each year, according to a federal report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Scientists from the U.S. Forest Service, who authored the report, found regions such as western Colorado - which already experienced its most destructive wildfire in history last summer - will face an even greater risk fire risk: those regions are expected to face up to a five-fold increase in acres...
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Wildfires rage in Colorado as fears grow over continued drought
2013-03-16 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Two wind-driven wildfires erupted in northern Colorado on Friday, prompting the evacuation of about 50 residents and signaling an early start to the wildfire season in the parched Rocky Mountain west. The larger of the two blazes that prompted the evacuations, the Soldier Canyon Fire, has charred about 800 acres near Lory State Park, Poudre Fire Authority Captain Patrick Love told Reuters. "We've been experiencing strong, erratic winds from the north all afternoon," Love said. Along with...
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Climate change's impact on wildfires before Utah House Committee Monday
2013-02-04 19:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salt Lake Tribune: A House committee is set to discuss on Monday afternoon how to manage the impacts of climate change in Utahs wildlands. The premise of HB 77, sponsored by Heber City Republican Kraig Powell, is that the changing climate is already causing bigger and more hazardous wildfires in Utah. That means it is important to give land managers the proper tools to prepare, the thinking goes. Join the Discussion Post a Comment Supporters of the bill include academics and a group of students who say state...
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Climate change fuels wildfires around the world
2013-01-14 12:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche Welle: Every year, large areas of the Earth's surface burn, and the number of fires is increasing. Is climate change fanning the flames? Or are the fires making climate change worse? The climate is complex. It is so complex that it's difficult for researchers to give accurate climate forecasts because it is so heavily influenced by external factors solar radiation, greenhouse gasses and oceans. Another factor, which has been largely ignored until now, is fire. Only recently have experts realized that...
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