Category:Fire
See also Air Pollution, Water (droughts), and Global Warming
Fire (climate change)
(metaphorically, Global Warming)
The basics, good overviews and intros to various green topics from Grist, such as Keystone XL pipeline, sea level rise and Geo-engineering.
How humans kicked off the Pyrocene — a new ‘age of fire’ Grist 11/19.
Global ripple effects by Michael Mann 10/16.
10 Best US Cities to ride out global warming and 10 worst 5/13.
Climate change and resource scarcity (including food and water) will lead to war (again). 4/13
Bottom line, we have about five years, unless we've already hit hit the tipping point
Al Gore TEDTalk 20 min. video.
Wildfires
See also Forests
California wildfires signal the arrival of a planetary fire age 11/19 How humans kicked off the Pyrocene — a new ‘age of fire’ Grist 11/19.
Benzene PVC water pipe contamination 4/19.
Mushrooms Clean Up Toxic Mess, Including Plastic and Wildfires, So Why Aren’t They Used More? 3/19 see Mushrooms.
The Elimination of Fires in the United States 3/19 Follow the history of fire suppression in the United States and see how it became the norm in a country where periodic fires were common.More.
Here's how white colonizers set us up for uncontrollable wildfires see Native Americans 11/18.
The smoke’s gone, but hearts and lungs still may be in danger months after wildfires 11/18 see Air.
California’s Wildfire and Climate Change Warnings Are Still Too Conservative, Scientist Says: Another hot, dry year is fueling the state’s deadliest, most destructive wildfire. Scientists say wildfires here are consistently surpassing their projections. 11/18
Californians are now lab rats for the long-term effects of toxic wildfire smoke As air quality hits hazardous levels in the Bay Area, scientists say we’re descending into unknown territory 11/18 see California and air.
Firestorm new book from Island Press 7/18.
How California's Fires Are Linked to Climate Chaos, Soil Health and Food Choices 1/18.
Worst Wildfire in California History Threatens State's Climate Goals 12/17.
California Wildfires Are Breaking the Rules by Burning Downhill Fast 7/18.
As 'Epic Winds' Drive California Fires, Climate Change Fuels the Risk current record Thomas fire in SoCal will not be contained till January.12/17
How smoke affects the most vulnerable 12/17 see Air.
How suburban sprawl makes wildfires more deadly see alsohere, 2017 Sonoma/Napa fires, editorial on policy.
Record-Breaking Drought and Wildfires Plague Southeast 11/16.
Climate Impacts Double U.S. Forest Fires.
The Goat Brigade: Preventing Wildfires in Southern California 6/14.
LongNow talk February 9, 02016 Stephen Pyne "Fire Slow, Fire Fast, Fire Deep."
Living with Fire Guy McPherson talked about the book he co-authored with Sara Jensen, Living With Fire: Ecology and Policy for the Twenty-First Century; 2009 CA U press.(video interview).
Threat to agriculture: A deadly mix of prolonged drought and wildfire, driven by climate change, could do more than just lay waste to crops and woodland in the western US. It could scorch the earth and trigger ever greater levels of soil erosion. See (earth above). 11/15.
10/15 update : two fires cost CA $2 billion.
UC Scientists Have Found a Link Between Amazon Wildfires and North Atlantic Hurricanes.
Bark Beetles Are Decimating Our Forests. That Might Actually Be a Good Thing. alt link 3/15.
Yosemite fire 9/14.
Washington Wildfire Season One Of The Most Destructive On Record, Officials Say 9/14.
Explained in 90 Seconds: How Climate Change Fuels Wildfires: Higher temperatures, prolonged drought, and fire suppression policy combine to make fires worse. video.
Thanks to climate change, the world is going to need a lot more firefighters 12/13.
Colorado plan 11/13.
Yosemite Is Burning...Here's How Climate Change Makes Wildfires Worse 8/13. virtual flythrough
Nation on Fire: Climate Change and the Burning of America 8/13.
U.S. Wildfire Interactive Shows Rising Temperatures, Less Snowfall Are Leading To More Fires infographic 7/13.
Wildfire Activity Is Heating Up In The Yukon Flats Of Alaska
Actual fire and forests (will be an effect of global warming). See Scorched Earth.
Tar balls from wildfires worsening global warming 7/13
Climate Change And Wildfires: Bigger, Fiercer Blazes Expected In West 7/13 not unrelated, 19 brave hotshots die. context on how fires have changed (op-ed).
Wildfire season is 2 months longer, two times more destructive now than in the 1970s due to global warming.
U.S. Wildfires: Burn Area Expected To Double By 2050 12/12.
NASA images and info [global tour video].
The Big Burn Timothy Egan talked about his book The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt & the Fire That Saved America (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 2009). He talked about the largest forest fire in American history. video interview.
Native American use of wildfire (audio).
Life in fire country (audio). 2013.
Maps and Interactive
Fire Tracker SF Chronicle 11/18.
U.S. Wildfire Interactive Shows Rising Temperatures, Less Snowfall Are Leading To More Fires infographic 7/13.
Global map 11/19
Three realtime maps includes NASA 11/19
Cal Fire map 11/19
Air Now realtime air quality. 11/19
Books
Firestorm new book from Island Press 7/18.
The Big Burn Timothy Egan talked about his book The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt & the Fire That Saved America (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 2009). He talked about the largest forest fire in American history. video interview.
