Science news articles about 'fire scars'

... global data base and map of the occurrence of fire scars covering the period 2000-2007 ... long enough for us to make an observation of the fire scar. Supercomputers located in Belgium were used to process ...

... and agencies involved in monitoring global warming, measuring and understanding pollutants in the atmosphere, managing forests and controlling fire and even for predicting future fire occurrence.

... was caused by massive wildfires burning in Canada. "A fire comes along and heat goes through the ... solve a mystery with science," McMurry said. The study – "Fire Scars Reveal Source of New England' ...

... providing information when similar data from satellites or fire-scarred trees do not exist. This study ... During the last 2,000 years, fire activity was highest between 1750 and 1870. "This was a period ...