wildfires
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
Wildfires are a result of temperature conditions, of soil moisture conditions; and, of course, something has to start it.
It is known that wildfires behave unpredictably - this is fundamental - but it is my experience that humans in the presence of wildfire are also likely to behave in aberrant and unpredictable ways.
A field worker cut corn for his horse this month amid the haze from California’s wildfires.
According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the state saves $100 million per year by relying on prison labor to fight wildfires.
Almost exactly a year ago, we that June and July wildfires in the Arctic had released as much carbon as Belgium does in an entire year — an summertime burn that would amplify the region’s climate change–fueled fever.