Human use of fire has produced an era of uncontrolled burning: Welcome to the Pyrocene
In the U.S., the pyric transition sparked a wave of monster fires that rode the rails of settlement – fires an order of magnitude larger and more lethal than those of recent decades. Land clearing and ...
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Act’s ‘just asking questions’ approach under fire with Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill - Anaru Eketone
Hīkoi participants march in Hamilton on the way to Wellington to protest issues including the Act Party’s Treaty Principles Bill. Photo / Mike Scott Anaru Eketone is an associate professor in ...
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'We are creating the fire equivalent of an ice age': Humans have plunged Earth into the 'Pyrocene'
Humans have become a geologic force by cooking the planet — using fire on a scale that is altering land, water, air and ...
Inside the advanced tech aimed at preventing future wildfires — from early detection to fire-proof domes
Vasya Tremsin, a (then) high school senior from the San Francisco Bay Area, came up with a crazy idea for a science fair ...
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LA is on edge as new fires ignite — with one already rampaging across more than 10,300 acres
Los Angeles County was bracing itself yet again Thursday after a new fire broke out and spread to more than 10,000 acres. The Hughes Fire started at about 10:50 a.m. local time Wednesday near ...
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Hughes Fire sets thousands of acres ablaze prompting more evacuations: See map
The Hughes Fire in Southern California set thousands of acres ablaze and prompted numerous evacuations as firefighters worked to contain the flames. Over a week after thousands of homes were lost ...
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Fire-ravaged Southern California grapples with new infernos this week as much-needed rain could unleash more deadly hazards
Exhausted firefighters battling deadly infernos for weeks are now grappling with more wildfires scorching Los Angeles County – including the Hughes Fire, which has burned through more than ...
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Laguna Fire breaks out near California State University campus: See map.
A new brushfire that started just north of Los Angeles prompted evacuation orders and rattled the nerves of the fire-ravaged region. The Laguna Fire broke out Thursday morning near California ...
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Los Angeles wildfires: Thousands forced to evacuate as huge fire rages
The Hughes Fire broke out late Wednesday morning and in less than a day had charred nearly 16 square miles (41 square kilometres) of trees and brush near Castaic Lake, a popular recreation area ...
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Fire At One Of The World’s Largest Battery Storage Plants Triggers Evacuations Near Monterey Bay
A fire at Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey Bay, California, triggered evacuation orders and the closure of a portion of the state’s Highway 1 on Thursday night, as authorities tried to ...
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At least 76 dead in Turkish ski resort hotel fire
"We are in deep pain,” Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. LONDON and ISTANBUL -- A predawn fire at a hotel in the Kartalkaya Ski Resort in Turkey killed at least 76, with another ...
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Huge fire at Ghanaian clothing market destroys hundreds of stalls
A huge fire that erupted at a clothing market in Ghana’s capital Accra has destroyed hundreds of livelihoods and businesses. The fire at Kantamanto Market – one of the world’s largest ...