The air around you is supposed to be something you don’t have to think about. You step outside, take a breath, get on your motorcycle,...
Archive for tag: forest fire
Indonesia’s Fire Season Is Far Beyond the Forests
If you live near a forest or peatland in Kalimantan (Borneo), you may be watching the horizon for signs of another fire. That is the...
How Wildfires Can Lead to Super Blooms
Wildfires are often associated with destruction, loss, and environmental damage. In regions such as California, massive fires can destroy forests, homes, wildlife habitats, and entire...
When the Weather Itself Becomes a Fire Hazard
Most people think of fire as something that starts from a spark, a dropped match, a lightning strike, or a campfire left unattended. But before...
Earth’s Largest Boreal Forest Shrinks as Time Goes On; What Will Happen in the Future?
Earth has gifted us with boreal forests or taigas. Forests that, if you look at the map, shaped like a loose-knit headband across the planet’s...
Mojave’s Famous Joshua Trees Under a New Threat: Desert Wildfire
Wildfires. However big or small, the aftermath always looks devastating. This is even truer after a wildfire burned near the California-Nevada, which has ravaged parts...
One More Proof to Show How Protecting Forests Has Its Benefits
There are many stories and news around us about how protecting forests can have a positive impact on our current efforts to improve climate change....
Biochar may be Another Sustainable Solution for Eco-friendly Agriculture
If you’ve never heard of biochar before, you may think that it’s a blend of two words: bio and charcoal. You’re definitely not wrong. Fundamentally,...
What Is Controlled Burn And How Useful Is It?
We all know that forest fire is bad, but apparently not all burning forest is bad. Don’t you know that sometimes we even need to...
Yosemite Creek Basin Case: When a Wildfire Isn’t That Bad
When we hear the word ‘wildfire’, usually all we can imagine is the catastrophic aftermath, the smokes, the blaze, the poor wildlife, and the people...
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