Spotlight on South America – Aerial Firefighting in the Pantanal Wetlands

2022-01-07T23:08+0100aerialfiremag (en)

In 2021, Brazil has struggled through the most severe drought in nearly a century. The volume of rain was the lowest since 1930. Farmers throughout the country faced many challenges, and the “safrinha” (the second crop of the year) showed a significant drop in productivity.

OroraTech Develops the First Global Wildfire Intelligence Service Using Satellites

2022-01-07T23:08+0100aerialfiremag (en)

The 2021 wildfire season on the West Coast of the United States was another season that pushed first responders and fire resources to their limit. High temperatures and dry vegetation fueled record-breaking fire spreads, causing damage to millions of acres in forests and communities.

Increase in US wildfires has led to increase in co-occurrence of two kinds of air pollution

2022-01-06T15:30+0100phys (en)

Satellite image of wildfire smoke from numerous large fires burning across California spreading across the western U.S. on August 21, 2020, which contributed to 46 million people being simultaneously exposed to high concentrations of multiple harmful air pollutants.

Snowfall expected after devastating Colorado forest fires

2021-12-31T21:03+0100california18 (en)

Hundreds of houses go up in flames, thousands of people have to leave their homes. In the US state of Colorado, forest fires are now to be followed by heavy snowfall. Heavy snowfall could bring relief to the area following the devastating forest fires in Colorado.

Clima impazzito, dall’«Icemageddon» in Alaska con 20 gradi, al Capodanno caldo in Europa

2021-12-30T13:27+0100corriere (it)

Si stanno manifestando in più continenti effetti «assurdi» del cambiamento climatico: dopo le temperature record in Siberia di metà dicembre e il super tifone Odette-Rai nelle Filippine a fare i conti con il «clima impazzito» sono ora gli Stati Uniti, già devastati da uragani e tornado, e anche l’Europa alle prese con caldo insolito per Capodanno.

Neve in California e caldo in Alaska,’clima impazzito’

2021-12-30T03:31+0100genteditalia (it)

Sempre più drammatici e "assurdi" gli effetti del cambiamento climatico: dopo le temperature record in Siberia, tocca ora agli Stati Uniti, già devastati da uragani e tornado, a fari i conti con il 'clima impazzito'. Sulla catena montuosa della Sierra Nevada, in California, nell'ultimo mese è state....

Clima impazzito: neve in California, caldo in Alaska

2021-12-29T19:54+0100cdt (it)

Sempre più drammatici e «assurdi» gli effetti del cambiamento climatico: dopo le temperature record in Siberia, tocca ora agli Stati Uniti, già devastati da uragani e tornado, a fari i conti con il «clima impazzito». Sulla catena montuosa della Sierra Nevada, in California, nell’ultimo mese è state....

¿Qué harían Europa y EEUU con mil millones de refugiados climáticos?

2021-12-29T10:28+0100elpaisonline (es)

Este escenario bien podría hacerse realidad dado el rápido crecimiento de la emergencia climática. Qué harían entonces Europa, Estados Unidos y otros países ricos? Alimentarán sus políticos -y la creciente extrema derecha- una vez más el miedo a la “invasión” de migrantes y refugiados, diciendo que....