FIRESTORM

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Firefighters gain upper hand on Spanish natural park blaze
Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)
Firefighters working to extinguish a blaze in a national park in Spain's northwestern Galicia region had the fire mostly under control on Monday, the regional g...
Spain forest fire consumes 500 hectares of protected land
Apr 01, 2012 (AFP)
A forest fire raging in a national park in Spain's northwestern Galicia region has consumed more than 500 hectares of protected land, authorities said Sunday. I...
Scientists Find New Way to Measure Economic Impact of Forest Fires
Mar 30, 2012 (SPX)
A team of scientists from the USDA Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station and the University of Cordoba in Spain recently developed a new methodolo...
Big sagebrush may need to count on its soil seed bank for survival
Mar 29, 2012 (SPX)
Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) is a key foundational species in an ecosystem that is threatened by invasion of cheatgrass and the subsequent increase in f...
Firefighters battle 15 forest fires in northern Spain
Mar 28, 2012 (AFP)
Over 500 firefighters backed by planes and helicopters battled 15 wildfires Wednesday in Spain's northern Cantabria region amid hot dry conditions that fuelled ...
Arsonist convicted over deadly Australian wildfires
Mar 20, 2012 (AFP)
A one-time volunteer firefighter was convicted Tuesday of starting a huge blaze that killed 10 people during Australia's horror 2009 "Black Saturday" inferno. B...
Planes battle forest fires in Spain
Mar 10, 2012 (AFP)
Firefighters in planes and helicopters on Saturday battled to finish off forest blazes that have ravaged hundreds of hectares of land in northeastern Spain, off...
As climate change increases forest fires, smoke forecasting could help protect public health
Feb 27, 2012 (SPX)
Satellite images, air quality measurements and smoke forecasting models are useful tools to help individuals and public health professionals prepare for smoke e...
Landscape fire smoke contributes to hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide
Feb 22, 2012 (SPX)
Worldwide, smoke from landscape fires contributed to an average of 339,000 deaths per year between 1997 and 2006, according to new research published in Environ...
Peat fires could accelerate climate change
Feb 21, 2012 (SPX)
In 1997, a forest fire in Indonesia ignited an area of peatlands that smouldered for months. By the time it was over, the fire had released greenhouse gases equ...
A look back suggests a sobering future of wildfire dangers in US west
Feb 16, 2012 (SPX)
The American West has seen a recent increase in large wildfires due to droughts, the build-up of combustible fuel, or biomass, in forests, a spread of fire-pron...
Israeli national to pay fine for Chile forest fire
Feb 08, 2012 (AFP)
An Israeli citizen accused of negligence which started a massive forest fire in a Chilean national park in Patagonia has reached an agreement in court to pay a ...
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