Boulder business researches mushrooms as a wildfire mitigation tool
BOULDER, Colo. — Mushrooms might be the latest tool in helping to fight wildfires. Boulder Mushroom is researching fungi's ability to decompose wildfire fuels like fallen trees and dead grass that can ...
After Suffolk fires, 'vibrant regeneration' predicted for burned Long Island pine barrens, experts say
The section of the pine barrens that burned in the Westhampton brush fire on Saturday is expected to recover with new plant ...
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Carlos Nobre on tipping points in the Amazon rainforest
For roughly about 65 million years, the forests of the Amazonian were resilient to changes in the climate. But that is ...
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Naturalist Nights: the case for burning
Clare Boerigter, a science writer specializing in wildland fire, and Jonathan Coop, a forest ecologist with Western Colorado ...
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How Hurricanes Can Fuel Wildfires in the Southeast
A number of fires broke out in the Southeastern U.S. last week. Hurricane-downed trees may help fuel the flames, experts say.
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Canada is opening the floodgates on one of Earth’s greatest living reservoirs of CO2
Canada’s forest is in trouble – and so are we. Chainsaws and fossil fuel burning are draining billions of tonnes of CO2 out ...
What old trees can teach us about modern wildfires
A recent study underscores how humanity’s success in extinguishing fires has allowed dead wood and other flammable material ...
'Flying embers can travel a mile' and other safety tips after Suffolk wildfires
Embers from a fire sparked by a family trying to make s'mores in their Manorville yard are believed to have ignited four ...
New firefighting tech is being trialled in Sardinia’s ancient forests
As part of those preparations, Mr Poddi’s team at MEDSEA, a Sardinia-based environmental non-profit organisation, has ...