by climatepedia | Mar 21, 2019 | Wildfires
When lightning sparked a big fire in the tundra of Alaska’s Arctic North Slope nine years ago, scientists were stunned. The Anaktuvuk River fire grew to more than 400 square miles and burned for months. It was bigger than the cumulative total of all prior North...
by climatepedia | Mar 1, 2018 | Wildfires
At the rugged eastern edge of Sonoma County, where new homes have been creeping into the wilderness for decades, Derek Webb barely managed to save his ranch-style resort from the raging fire that swept through the area last October. He spent all night fighting the...
by climatepedia | Nov 14, 2017 | Wildfires
Predicting the future of western forests, which are under increasing assault from various forces, presents a challenge. “Uncertainty may mean that not all news is good news, but we’re not certain about that,” said Daniel Tinker, associate botany professor at...
