Survivor of Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Wildfire Dies Awaiting FEMA Payout — ProPublica
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Source New Mexico. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Donato Sena and his wife, Maria Luisa, spent a recent afternoon loading furniture into the new mobile home placed on their land in Rociada, […]
What did we learn from 2023’s destructive wildfires? » Yale Climate Connections
Destructive wildfires from Maui, Greece, and Canada made front-page news in the U.S. this year. But anyone who follows fire and climate news knows that large, often deadly, and uncontrollable fires are increasingly common throughout our warming world. Though the articles focus on wildfires in the western U.S. and Canada, their insights pertain to much […]
Rising Cyber Threats Propel Global Network Security Market to New Heights | 2027
Network Security Market A rapid increase in the number of cyber-attacks within the pandemic period has boosted the market growth. PORTLAND, PORTLAND, OR, UNITED STATES, December 8, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — According to a recent report published by Allied Market Research, titled, Network Security Market by Component, Solution, Service, Deployment, Organization Size, and Industry Vertical: Global […]
Scientists urge actions to reduce global forest fire carbon emissions
© Provided by Xinhua SHENYANG, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Thursday published the research on carbon emissions from global forest fires, urging effective control of extreme forest fires and the inclusion of resultant emissions into the global carbon accounting system. In the Blue Book on Forest Fire Carbon Emissions […]
Wildfires in US have reversed 2 decades of progress in air quality
The frequent and intense wildfires in the United States are worsening air quality and leading to more premature deaths, reversing two decades of progress. A new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health shows that air quality in the Western U.S. deteriorated between 2000 and 2020, with an annual 55% increase in black carbon concentrations, mainly attributed […]
We rarely hear about the disasters that were avoided – but there’s a lot we can learn from them
When a huge cyclone slammed into East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh) in November 1970 it caused water in the Ganges Delta to rise by 10 metres. Entire towns were submerged. At least 300,000 people died – it remains atop lists of the deadliest known tropical cyclones. Something similar happened in 1991 – another 139,000 deaths. […]
Carbon removal is needed to achieve net zero but has its own climate risks
As delegates gather in Dubai at the COP28 climate conference — with the aim to ratchet up ambition towards meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement — a key component of these efforts are countries’ pledges to achieve net-zero emissions around mid-century. Net-zero carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions refers to a balance between CO₂ emissions into […]
2028 Near Field Communication (NFC) Marke Booms, Valuing Efficiency and Personalization
near-field-communication-market-1619511284s Rising demand for contactless transactions and IoT connectivity propel the Near Field Communication (NFC) market’s growth. PORTLAND, ORIGON, UNITED STATES, December 7, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — Increase in need for convenient transfer and security of data, surge in proliferation of smartphones, rise in focus toward providing improved customer experience, and growing demand for contactless payments […]
Climate change made 2023 the hottest year on record
This year didn’t just shatter records. It changed the scales. Graph after graph tracking this year’s soaring global temperatures reveal that not only were the numbers higher than ever recorded in many places around the world, but the deviation from the norm was also astonishingly large. “The margins by which records are being broken this […]
Rumbling Owl tour highlights potential reverse in forest health
More than a dozen residents stood by the confluence of Holland Creek and the Swan River to hear from Forest Service officials and their plan to log and restore roughly 6,000 acres of land from Rumble Creek to Owl Creek. The field trip was part of the plan’s public meeting, which featured experts in fire, […]