Science news articles about 'fire scars'

  • Scorched Earth millenium map shows 'fire scars'

    ... in an international team, created a visual impression of the fire scars on our planet between 2000 and 2007. The work ... , long enough for us to make an observation of the fire scar. Supercomputers located in Belgium were used to process ...
  • Scorched Earth Millenium Map Shows 'Fire Scars'

    ... , measuring and understanding pollutants in the atmosphere, managing forests and controlling fire and even for predicting future ...
  • Mystery of infamous 'New England Dark Day' solved by 3 rings

    ... , MU researchers combined written accounts and fire scar evidence to determine that the dark day ... and solve a mystery with science," McMurry said. The study – "Fire Scars Reveal Source of New England ...
  • Climate change, human activity and wildfires

    ... , providing information when similar data from satellites or fire-scarred trees do not exist. This study ... noted, "initial colonization may have been marked by an increased use of fire for land clearance." Subsequently, expansion of intensive ...
  • Giant sequoias yield longest fire history from tree rings

    ... the 3,000-year history of fire by dating fire scars on ancient giant sequoia ... closely matches the tree-ring chronology of fire scars. The health of the giant sequoia forests ... . Increasingly, researchers all over the world are using charcoal to reconstruct fire histories, Swetnam said. Many scientists are analyzing the global ...
  • Old-growth tree stumps tell the story of fire in the upper Midwest

    ... in Hamilton County. "I was just amazed at the fire scars in these trees," said William McClain, a botanist ... valuable." McClain counted growth rings, fire scars and other distinguishing features of 36 of the old ...
  • A look back suggests a sobering future of wildfire dangers in US west

    ... -history data drawn from historical records and fire scars on the landscape. Their key findings: • Comparing ... , logging activity and railroading. "We can use the relationship between climate and fire," Marlon said, "to answer the question: What would ...
  • Ancient tree-ring records from Southwest US suggest today's megafires are truly unusual

    ... this far back using this methodology. But this method can be used anyplace for which there is a fire-scar record." The study's tree-ring ... of trees from more than 100 locations across the Southwest. All fire-scar data are publically available through ...

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