FIRESTORM

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When the world burned less
Aug 03, 2012 (SPX)
In the years after Columbus' voyage, burning of New World forests and fields diminished significantly - a phenomenon some have attributed to decimation of nativ...
New wildfire in Spain forces evacuations
Aug 01, 2012 (AFP)
A forest fire in central Spain forced 265 people to be evacuated from their homes on Wednesday, officials said. The fire broke out near the village of Chequilla...
Russia battles Siberia wildfires: Greenpeace
Jul 30, 2012 (AFP)
Several regions in Siberia are battling massive wildfires that have left cities shrouded in smog after a heatwave, an environmental group said on Monday. "More ...
Washington's forests will lose stored carbon as area burned by wildfire increases
Jul 25, 2012 (SPX)
Forests in the Pacific Northwest store more carbon than any other region in the United States, but our warming climate may undermine their storage potential. A ...
Over 1,500 tourists evacuated as fires rage in Croatia
Jul 23, 2012 (AFP)
A firefighter died and 1,500 tourists were evacuated after forest fires fanned by strong winds broke out on Croatia's Adriatic coast Monday, with the interior m...
Three killed in Spanish wildfires
Jul 23, 2012 (AFP)
Forest fires fanned by strong winds in Spain's Catalonia region left three French nationals dead as Madrid on Monday stepped up fire fighting efforts by deployi...
Town of 1,800 evacuated in Canaries wildfire
Jul 17, 2012 (AFP)
Spanish authorities evacuated a town of 1,800 residents on the Canary Islands on Tuesday, after three days of firefighting efforts failed to prevent a raging wi...
Forest fire rages near Tenerife tourist park
Jul 16, 2012 (AFP)
A forest fire raging on the Spanish island of Tenerife reached the edge of a major tourist park Monday, spewing thick smoke and red sparks. The fire broke out o...
Greece worried by fire-fighting resource shortages: minister
Jul 12, 2012 (AFP)
Greece's new public order minister told reporters on Thursday that one of his main concerns was effectively fighting the forest fires that plague the Mediterran...
Climate Just One Factor in Wildfires
Jul 05, 2012 (SPX)
It's shaping up to be a fiery summer across the United States. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, as of July 3, 45 large active wildfires are cu...
US confirms four dead in crash of fire-fighting C-130
Jul 03, 2012 (AFP)
The crash of a fire-fighting C-130 aircraft in South Dakota over the weekend killed four crew members and injured two others, the US military said Tuesday. The ...
Forest fires ravage eastern Spain
Jul 01, 2012 (AFP)
Two forest fires sweeping Spain's eastern Valencia region that have forced 3,000 people to evacuate their homes showed no sign of abating on Sunday, authorities...
Spain forest fire displaces 700: authorities
Jun 29, 2012 (AFP)
A forest fire in eastern Spain forced 700 people to evacuate their homes and indirectly caused a brief power cut at a nuclear plant, authorities said Friday. Th...
Watchdog criticises Netanyahu's govt over 2010 fire
Jun 20, 2012 (AFP)
Israel's state watchdog on Wednesday criticised a number of cabinet members in a report on the country's worst ever fire that killed 44 people as it swept throu...
Wildfire and an example of its important link to the ecosystem
Jun 12, 2012 (SPX)
Traveling the western U.S. state of Nevada in the 1860s, a young American writer named Mark Twain heard a "world of talk" about the beauty of Lake Tahoe and so ...
Wildfire kill 9 Russian firefighters
Jun 06, 2012 (AFP)
Nine firefighting parachutists were killed Wednesday as they battled a wildfire in southern Siberia, Russian media reported, citing forestry officials. A group ...
New report examines effects of trees killed by bark beetles on wildfire
Jun 04, 2012 (SPX)
A recent report analyzing a range of published studies on the impact of bark beetles on trees in the U.S. and Canada provides a more complete picture of the eff...
Ancient tree-ring records from southwest U.S. suggest today's megafires are truly unusual
May 22, 2012 (SPX)
Today's mega forest fires of the southwestern U.S. are truly unusual and exceptional in the long-term record, suggests a new study that examined hundreds of yea...
First Forecast Calls for Mild Amazon Fire Season in 2012
May 16, 2012 (SPX)
Forests in the Amazon Basin are expected to be less vulnerable to wildfires this year, according to the first forecast from a new fire severity model developed ...
Australian jailed for bushfire that killed 10
Apr 27, 2012 (AFP)
A former volunteer firefighter who started a blaze that killed 10 people and destroyed more than 150 homes on the day of Australia's "Black Saturday" bushfires ...
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