Climate scientists present a realistic supercomputer simulation that resolves the complex interactions between fire, vegetation, smoke and the atmosphere. The authors find that increasing greenhouse ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...

Extreme fire seasons in recent years highlight the urgent need to better understand wildfires within the broader context of ...

It shows a satellite-based index of plant health, or “greenness,” over the meteorological summer before the fires. This metric, known as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), is based on ...

For the sustainable development of the CWAEC, it is urgent to pay attention to its regional environmental health ... that regions with low vegetation cover are more vulnerable to perturbations, ...

Of the total affected area, 73% consisted of native vegetation. SÃO PAULO (SP) - 7.10.24 - Fire in Ribeirão Corrente (SP). - Divulgação /Gabinete de crise do governo de SP MapBiomas attributes ...

The Red Flag Warning has been extended after wind-driven wildfires spread across San Diego County. The largest, the Lilac Fire, has scorched 85 acres and is 35% contained. The fire, which started ...

A brush fire broke out Monday evening, Jan. 20, in Hemet and grew to 119 acres amid strong Santa Ana winds before it was extinguished. “We had some strong gusts,” said Laura Axcell, a battalion chief ...

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To test this idea, they used a normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) as a measure of precipitation and corresponding pastoral grazing opportunity, with NDVI values obtained from Landsat 5 ...