16-04-29 A new study examining wildfires in California found that human activity explains as much about their frequency and location as climate influences. The researchers systematically looked at human behaviors and climate change together, which is unique...
14-07-08 Every year, wildfires clear millions of hectares of land and emit around 34-percent of global soot(煤烟,烟灰) mass into the atmosphere. In certain regions, such as Southeast Asia and Russia, these fires can contribute as much as 63-percent of reg...
14-05-15 Thousands of people in California have been forced to flee after wildfires hit San Diego county on Wednesday. 美国加州圣地亚哥周三发生火灾,数千人被迫撤离。 A major fire engulfed the coastal town of Carlsbad, north of San Diego, scorching several bu...
14-04-18 Wildfires across the western United States have been getting bigger and more frequent over the last 30 years -- a trend that could continue as climate change causes temperatures to rise and drought to become more severe in the coming decades, accord...
13-08-24 More than 800 firefighters in Portugal are tackling big wildfires in Serra do Caramulo, a hilly central region. 葡萄牙中部山区发生严重森林大火,800多名消防员正全力灭火。 A water-bombing plane went into action near Vouzela on Friday France and Spain...
13-05-22 Concerns continue to grow about the effects of climate change on fire. Wildfires are expected to increase 50 percent across the United States under a changing climate, over 100 percent in areas of the West by 2050 as projected by some studies. Of eq...
12-06-13 Hundreds of firefighters have joined efforts to tackle two of the biggest ever wildfires in the US states of Colorado and New Mexico. 美国科罗拉多州和新墨西哥州分别发生史上最严重的火灾,数百名消防队员参与了与火灾的对抗中。 The Colorado blaze shroude...
11-07-26 An increase in wildfires due to climate change could rapidly and profoundly alter the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, according to a new study authored by environmental engineering and geography Professor Anthony Westerling of the University of Calif...
10-08-06 Russia is still fighting to extinguish nearly 600 wildfires in an emergency that has now claimed 50 lives. 俄罗斯民众正在与近600处森林大火进行抗争,此次火灾已造成50人死亡。 Foreign reinforcements are arriving, including two Canadair water-bombing pl...