Researchers found that 1.53 million deaths per year were attributable to wildfire-driven air pollution between 2000 and 2019, ...
An average of four serious smoke jumping injuries per year were caused by turbulence. Here's how researchers found a way to ...
The study found that people exposed to PM2.5 from wildfires had an 18% increase in the odds of a dementia diagnosis. See the ...
Ignition: Lighting Fires in a Burning World” chronicles author M.C. O’Connor’s look prescribed fire's world. Here's why it ...
Extreme wildfire events are becoming more frequent and intense, satellite imagery has shown. Six of the past seven years have been among the most extreme wildfire years on record, according to ...
An audience of NASA, FEMA, and wildland firefighting officials recently witnessed the wildfire suppression capabilities of a reportedly “autonomous” Black Hawk helicopter. Sikorsky, a Lockheed ...
Extreme wildfire events made the 2023-24 fire season record-breaking for numerous reasons: Canada’s largest wildfire ever spewing unprecedented emissions, deadly fast-moving fires in Hawaii and ...
Wind turbulence is a well-known factor in the complex wildland fire environment. Sometimes it is the wind shear over vegetation, buildings, or terrain, and other times it’s the buoyant forces ...