Wildfires

Canada is wrestling with its worst-ever start to wildfire season, but recruiting firefighters is becoming increasingly difficult due to tight labor markets and the tough nature of the job, provincial officials say. Limited resources could…
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Hotter, drier conditions brought about by greenhouse gas pollution make wildfires like those burning in Quebec more common in forests throughout the planet’s temperate zones. An unseasonably hot spring this year primed trees, plants and…
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Extreme heat waves, wildfires, and several other natural calamities are proof of the impacts of the changing climatic conditions. According to a survey published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) recently, the…
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Airbus said Tuesday it had successfully tested its A400M military transporter as a water bomber as heatwaves cause an increasing number of wildfires during the summer in Europe. "Airbus has successfully tested a removable firefighting…
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There is an increased risk of fires and water loss to Surrey heathlands as the climate warms, an organisation warned. A report by the Wildlife Trusts - the UK's sixth largest landowner - revealed half its reserves have more than 30 days of…
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Wildfires are predicted to worsen in the coming years and decades, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned in its annual Frontiers report released February 17, 2022. Wildfires are a natural phenomenon, but are becoming…
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A fierce, wind-driven wildfire destroyed hundreds of homes, injured at least a half dozen people and prompted the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents in and around two towns east of the Rockies near Denver, authorities said on…
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Wildfires have produced a record amount of carbon emissions in some parts of the world this year, according to the European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service. Fires in the western US, Siberia, and Turkey were among those…
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According to local meteorologists, Italy may have just experienced the highest temperature in European history. On Wednesday, the Italian city of Syracuse recorded temperatures of 48.8 degrees Celsius. It will beat the existing European…
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Italian firefighterson Thursday battled hundreds of fires throughout the country's south that have killed four people, fuelled by unrelenting temperatures enveloping southern Europe. Firefighters said there were over 500 blazes reported…
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