Wildfire risk Archives ~ Page 2 of 2 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

July 10, 2024

By Julie Cart, Cal Matters After two mild wildfire seasons, California is bracing for whatever 2024 brings. Favorable weather marked...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: As climate change dries out the west, Fourth of July fireworks spark increased wildfire risk

Inside Climate News

Wildfires and watersheds

July 2, 2024

Fireworks ignite tens of thousands of wildfires across the U.S. each year. By Kiley Price, Inside Climate News This article...

STANFORD NEWS: Understanding how wildfires change soil could aid recovery

Stanford University

Science Water quality Wildfires and watersheds

May 16, 2024

From Stanford News Severe wildfires can drive chemical changes in soil that affect ecosystem recovery and risks to human health....

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Climate Change Will Increase Wildfire Risk and Lengthen Fire Seasons, Study Confirms

Desert Research Institute

Climate change Wildfires and watersheds

December 7, 2023

Scientists examined multiple fire danger indices for the contiguous U.S. to assess the impact of climate change on future wildfire...

CAL MATTERS: Lightning could spark more California fires as world warms

Cal Matters

Wildfires and watersheds

May 24, 2023

Fire officials are bracing for the worst as scientists predict that climate change could cause more lightning strikes, which often...

CAL MATTERS: Audit: California utilities aren’t doing enough to reduce wildfire threats

Cal Matters

Planning and management Wildfires and watersheds

March 24, 2022

Regulators approved “seriously deficient” fire prevention plans, including from PG&E, which sparked California’s deadliest wildfire, state auditor says. By Julie...

USGS: Rivers in the sky: 6 facts to know about atmospheric rivers

USGS

Hydrology

December 14, 2021

By the USGS Atmospheric rivers aren’t a new phenomenon on the West Coast, but this type of storm has drawn...

AG ALERT: Wildfires bring renewed calls for thinning forests

Ag Alert

Policy and regulation

September 1, 2021

By Kevin Hecteman, Ag Alert The 2021 fire season threatens to overtake 2020—the worst fire year in recorded state history....

NEVADA CURRENT: The IPCC report has a chapter on the Southwest, and it’s brutal

Nevada Current

Colorado River

August 20, 2021

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Drought, wildfires, declining water supplies, threats to human health made even more dangerous by urban...

THE CONVERSATION: Western fires are burning higher in the mountains at unprecedented rates – it’s a clear sign of climate change

The Conversation

Wildfires and watersheds

May 24, 2021

By Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University; John Abatzoglou, University of California, Merced, and Mohammad Reza Alizadeh, McGill University The Western...