A study of coarse and fine particulate matter (PM) generated by the California wildfires of 2008 suggests a toxicity level greater than that of an equivalent dose of PM in ambient air, as reported in ...
A study of coarse and fine particulate matter (PM) generated by the California wildfires of 2008 suggests a toxicity level greater than that of an equivalent dose of PM in ambient air. The study adds ...
Wildfire season has gotten an early start this year. [More]
More than 840 wildfires sparked by an "unprecedented" lightning storm are burning across Northern California.
Billowing smoke from Northern California wildfires that have burnt more than 1400 km² of land is visible in this Envisat image acquired on 25 June 2008.
... of Agriculture's Forest Service have partnered to obtain imagery of the wildfires in response to requests from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the California Governor's ...
... Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), focused on California wildfires in 2007, finding that they repeatedly caused ... Santa Ana winds in October blew wildfire plumes over the Pacific Ocean, safely away ...
Wildfires can boost ozone pollution to levels that violate US health standards. A new study has found that California wildfires in 2007 tripled the number of ozone violations across a broad area.
The health threat to city dwellers posed by Southern California wildfires like those of November 2008 may have been underestimated by officials. Detailed particulate analysis of the smoke produced by ...
Beginning August 26, 2009, and continuing into September 2009, a large wildfire in the Angeles National Forest north of Los Angeles known as the Station Fire burned more than 140,000 acres through ...
Beginning August 26, 2009, and continuing into September 2009, a large wildfire in the Angeles National Forest north of Los Angeles known as the Station Fire burned more than 140,000 acres through ...
... , recently conducted post-burn assessments of two Southern California wildfire sites, the Piute Fire in Kern County and the Station Fire in the Angeles National Forest. Ikhana, an ...
... mines in war-torn areas or map out the hot spots of California wildfires in real time, allowing firefighters to quickly move toward or away from them. Firefighters now must often ...
... even one personal belonging. Yet some 842 homes were destroyed in the most recent Southern California wildfires, leaving the people who lived in them without shelter, possessions or, in some cases, ...
... cumulus clouds that were created by the smoke and heat from the California wildfires that are currently burning around Los ... west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, near 18.0 north and 121 ...