‘Fire flocks’ of sheep and goats get deployed to help battle forest fires in Spain
As summer nears in Europe, firefighters in Spain are gearing up to battle forest fires. On a recent day, men armed with gas-powered weed-whackers were working the perimeter of Barcelona, a city hemmed in by the sea on one side and, inland, by a huge forest called Collserola Park. Here, where the city meets nature’s […]
Fire blazes in Contra Costa’s Port Costa
A brush fire near the small town of Contra Costa on Thursday at around 4pm on Thursday burned 20 acres[20 ha]sending heavy smoke into Highway 4, where residents were ordered to evacuate. Contra Costa County Fire Department spokesman Steve Hill said: Reported at 2 p.m., Scenic Fire was triggered by Eclay Pierre, near the Bul […]
Green forest fire alert in Russian Federation
On 17/06/2022, a forest fire started in Russian Federation, until 23/06/2022. Source link
Bipartisan “Save Our Sequoias Act” Introduced: HR 8168.
1) Can the NFF not accept personal donations in advance? He did not know that he was being restricted. 2) I remember a collection of squash farms in different parts of California (known as Professor Liby Sekoya Plantation) in remote California (1970s). Did anyone gather information about forest reforestation? Are the trees still alive and […]
Third day of forest fire in Marmaris
A forest fire which started at the same time at three separate points at 20.00 on Tuesday evening, is ongoing in Marmaris. Helicopters and planes took off again this morning to extinguish the fire. Flames threaten the Çöplük, Yeşilvadi Neighborhood and Okluk Bay. Mayor of Muğla Metropolitan Municipality Osman Gürün said that 2 thousand 884 […]
Israel helps battle forest fire in Turkey-backed north Cyprus
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Israel on Thursday dispatched two water-dropping aircraft to help battle a large wildfire that has scorched at least 10,000 acres (4,000 hectares) of forest in the foothills of the Pentadaktylos mountain range in the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus. The two Israeli aircraft joined another two planes and a helicopter that […]
Multiple fires broke out in California after tens of thousands of lightning strikes
A woman and her two dogs were killed by lightning in Pico Rivera 7:42AM PDT Jun 23, 2022 Lightning, during the 24 hours ending 6:15AM PDT June 23, 2022. LightningMaps.org As the seasonal humidity moved across southern California on Wednesday, more than 50,000 lightning strikes were detected, sparking wildfires and killing a woman and her […]
Smoke from major wildfires destroys the ozone layer — ScienceDaily
A new study shows that smoke from wildfires destroys the ozone layer. Researchers caution that if major fires become more frequent with a changing climate, more damaging ultraviolet radiation from the sun will reach the ground. Atmospheric chemists from the University of Waterloo found that smoke from the Australian wildfires of 2019 and 2020 destroyed […]
Dry thunderstorms could spark more wildfires in California
By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist Published Jun. 21, 2022 10:28 AM MST | Updated Jun. 23, 2022 8:14 AM MST AccuWeather meteorologists are concerned that dry thunderstorms could cause wildfires to ignite in the mountains of California through Thursday. The combination of tropical moisture and an offshore storm will result in an uptick in […]
What coltan mining in the DRC costs people and the environment
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is rich in natural resources – its untapped deposits of minerals are estimated to be worth US$24 trillion. Gold, diamonds, cobalt and zinc are among them. Another strategic mineral mined in the DRC is coltan – a name derived from “columbite-tantalite”. In 2021, the DRC’s coltan production amounted to […]