Alarming Trend: Colorado’s Forests Are Releasing More Carbon Than They Absorb
Due to tree mortality from insects, disease, and wildfires, Colorado’s forests now emit more carbon than they absorb. A new ...
How Trump’s mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers
The termination letters that ended the careers of thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less ...
How an asteroid caused an explosion 1,000 times more powerful than Hiroshima
Some calculations say the explosion was 185 to 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb that razed Hiroshima. Despite ...
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PlayerUnknown's Prologue: Go Wayback is an enchanting exploration sim tossed on a sea of metaverse imagineering
RPS roams the hills of a generated Czech wilderness while talking to PlayerUnknown Productions' Brendan Greene about his ...
We’re Having Fewer Forest Fires – And That’s a Big Problem
Modern wildfires are less frequent but more severe due to fire suppression and fuel buildup. Scientists urge prescribed burns ...
NASA tests drones to provide localized forecasting and aid in fire response
In Aug. 2024, a team of NASA researchers and partners gathered in Missoula, to test new drone-based technology for localized ...
Yellowstone National Park at an increased risk of wildfires due to standing dead trees, warn researchers
Researchers are urging Yellowstone officials to invest in greater protection after the findings of a new report ...
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New wildfire danger for Yellowstone National Park
New research shows that dead trees in Yellowstone National Park may pose a greater fire danger than previously suspected.
Wildland fires are unpredictable—spaceborne lidar is helping reduce that uncertainty
Recent wildfires are larger and more intense than they've ever been in the historical record. If you've been watching the news at any point in the last decade, that's no surprise.
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During fires, L.A. burn centers braced for crisis that never came
Tragic as the region’s losses are, burn specialists feared an even graver outcome in the fires’ explosive first 24 hours. L.A.’s three major burn centers underwent a mass casualty ...
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NASA Seeks Commercial Perspective On Ground Sites For Lunar Comms
NASA’s Glenn Research Center is seeking information from industry on the commercial development of Lunar Exploration Ground Sites (LEGS) Communications Ground Systems. LEGS needs to be able to ...