Tag: Wildfire
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Wildfire experts available to explain fire behavior, potential impacts
NSF NCAR scientists are studying key aspects of wildfires.
- Air Quality,
- Climate
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Fires pose growing worldwide threat to wildland-urban interface
Fires that burn through the wildland-urban interface are becoming more frequent worldwide, and the trend is likely to continue.
- Air Quality
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Scientists focus on Lahaina Fire to improve prediction of wildland-urban fires
Scientists have used a pair of computer models to simulate last year's Lahaina Wildfire, a development that could potentially help with future firefighting operations and evacuations.
- Weather
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Simultaneous large wildfires will increase in Western U.S.
Simultaneous outbreaks of large wildfires will become more frequent in the West, putting major strains on efforts to fight the blazes.
- Climate
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Smoke particles from wildfires can erode ozone layer
Wildfire smoke in the stratosphere can trigger chemical reactions that erode the ozone layer shielding Earth from the Sun’s damaging ultraviolet radiation
- Air Quality