Wildfires are common occurrences worldwide that can destroy vast forest areas and kill numerous animals in a few hours. Climate change, rising global temperatures, precipitation, the introduction of exotic species of plants (e.g., eucalyptus),...
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Person: Garcês, Pires
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
California plans to substantially increase the use of prescribed fire to reduce risk of catastrophic wildfires. Although for a beneficial purpose, prescribed fire smoke may still pose a health concern, especially among sensitive populations. We sought...
Person: Hoshiko, Buckman, Jones, Yeomans, Mello, Thilakaratne, Sergienko, Allen, Bello, Rappold
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
[from the text] June 2022 in Alaska was a remarkable month for wildfire. An incredible 1.84 million acres burned, nearly tying the all-time record for June. Notably, 1.2 million acres burned in southwestern Alaska, more than doubling the area burned in...
Person: Grabinski
Created Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The 2nd Alaska Fire Science Consortium (AFSC) Research-to-Operations (R2O) workshop convened May 12-13 at the University of Alaska Murie Building.The 1.5-day workshop was held following NASA ABoVE’s 8th Annual Science Team Meeting as an opportunity for...
Person: Jandt, Grabinski
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
A short-duration but high-impact air quality event occurred on 28 November 2018 along the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico. This fire occurred outside the typical wildfire season, and greatly impacted the air quality in Socorro, NM, and the surroundings...
Person: Carrico, Karacaoglu
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Background: Forests are an essential natural resource to humankind, providing a myriad of direct and indirect benefits. Natural disasters like forest fires have a major impact on global warming and the continued existence of life on Earth. Automatic...
Person: Sathishkumar, Cho, Subramanian, Naren
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fire is a major source of atmospheric aerosols and trace gases. Projection of future fire activities is challenging due to the joint impacts of climate, vegetation, and human activities. Here, we project global changes of fire-induced particulate...
Person: Tian, Yue, Zhu, Liao, Yang, Chen, Zhou, Lei, Zhou, Cao
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Forest fires cause many environmental impacts, including air pollution. Brazil is a very fire-prone region where few studies have investigated the impact of wildfires on air quality and health. We proposed to test two hypotheses in this study: i) the...
Person: Cobelo, Castelhano, Borge, Roig, Adams, Amini, Koutrakis, Requia
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fires are an integral part of Mediterranean ecosystems, where they have played an ecological role for thousands of years. Nevertheless, fires also have a series of negative and significant impacts on people, properties, and the environment, with...
Person: Pellizzaro, Bacciu, Scarpa, Arca, Salis, Casula, Del Giudice, Schirru, Pedes, Canu
Created Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Forest fires are a serious ecological concern, and smoke is an early warning indicator. Early smoke images barely capture a tiny portion of the total smoke. Because of the irregular nature of smoke’s dispersion and the dynamic nature of the surrounding...
Person: Al-Smadi, Alauthman, Al-Qerem, Aldweesh, Quaddoura, Aburub, Mansour, Alhmiedat
Created Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES