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Last updated at 10:15 AM on April 27, 2024 (Pacific Standard Time)

Russia renews attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector as Kyiv launches drones at southern Russia

"...KYIV, Ukraine (AP) Russia launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine overnight, in attacks that appeared to target the countrys energy infrastructure. Meanwhile, Russia said its air defense systems had intercepted more than 60 Ukrainian drones over the southern Krasnodar region..."

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Tornadoes collapse buildings and level homes in Nebraska and Iowa

"...Three people were hurt in Nebraskas Lancaster County when a tornado hit an industrial building, causing it to collapse with 70 people inside. Several were trapped, but everyone was evacuated and the injuries were not life-threatening, authorities said..."

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Wildfire reported in North Brassey Creek area

"...DAWSON CREEK, B. C. A wildfire has been reported in the North Brassey Creek area, just north of Fellers Heights and approximately 40 kilometres southwest of Dawson Creek..."

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Evacuation alert lifted as wildfire in northeastern B.C. now 'held'

"...BC Wildfire Services lists the nearby 76-hectare Wildmare Creek fire as “being held” after it led to the first evacuation order of the wildfire season in the province earlier this week..."

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Tornado tears through Nebraska, causing severe damage in Omaha suburbs

"...OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, demolishing homes as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. It wasnt yet clear if anyone was injured or killed in the storm..."

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Residents concerned about effects of climate change on Margaree River, N.S.

"...There is also the problem of bank erosion caused by the river swelling too wide during heavy rains..."

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Calgary included in the City Nature Challenge that kicks off in 667 cities around the world tracking global biodiversity

"...Kaya Konopnicki, the president of Nature Calgary, says people living in 48 countries are competing to see which city has the most urban biodiversity, including 40 Canadian cities..."

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Population growth and wildfire risk prompts 24/7 fire service expansion in Hammonds Plains, N.S.

"...The destructive wildfire and risk of future wildfires isn't the only reason for the need to expand fire services in the area. There's also the steady population growth in the community, which is seeing more people moving to the region..."

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Waterloo Region weekend weather: Rain coming

"...Gerald Cheng, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said a Colorado low is pushing warm air into the region causing a temperature spike along with a risk of thundershowers..."

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Sterling building water treatment facility for Shady Acres next week

"...CHARLIE LAKE, B. C. A water treatment facility is slated for construction at a Charlie Lake mobile home park infamous for unsafe drinking water..."

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Bin there, dumped that: Trash cans to be reinstalled along Montreal's Lachine Canal

"...The federal agency says the measure was a pilot project to encourage visitors to take responsibility for waste destined for landfills..."

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At least 70 people killed by flooding in Kenya as more rain is expected through the weekend

"...NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) Flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 70 people since mid-March, a government spokesperson said Friday, twice as many as were reported earlier this week..."

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Podcasts

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Chasing tornados in the American mid-West

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"...Chasing tornados in the American mid-West scientists are trying to learn the maximum from the tornado outbreaks currently in America..."

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Corn School: Could wildfire smoke help corn yields? It's hazy

Duration: 10:12

"...There's a long list of known ways in which wildfire smoke can negatively affect corn and other crops, but could the overall effect of the smoky haze in summer potentially be positive for yields? It's a complex question to answer, says Dan Quinn, extension corn specialist with Purdue University, in this Corn School episode recorded. ..."

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Academic Research

Recent peer-reviewed papers relevant to the latest news and opinion.

Beyond trees: Mapping total aboveground biomass density in the Brazilian savanna using high-density UAV-lidar data

"...However, their ability to store and sequester carbon is uncertain due to combined and intermingling effects of anthropogenic activities and climate change, which impact wildfire regimes and vegetation dynamics..."

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Bark attributes determine variation in fire resistance in resprouting tree species

"...Predicting the impact of wildfires on ecosystem services and habitat values requires quantifying rates of post-fire tree mortality and topkill..."

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Topography and fire legacies drive variable post-fire juvenile conifer regeneration in eastern Oregon, USA

"...Increasingly frequent large wildfires in the western US raise questions about the effects of climate and site-level factors on forest ecosystem resilience..."

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Long-term biochar addition alters the characteristics but not the chlorine reactivity of soil-derived dissolved organic matter

"...This study indicates that biochar addition in watersheds may not deteriorate the drinking water quality via the export of terrestrial DBP precursors like wildfire events..."

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Roxborough Park Community Wildfire Evacuation Drill: Data Collection and Model Benchmarking

"...The dataset is released in open access and is deemed to be useful for future wildfire evacuation modelling calibration and validation efforts..."

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Differences in Canopy Cover Estimations from ALS Data and Their Effect on Fire Prediction

"...Canopy cover is a primary attribute used in empirical wildfire models for certain fuel types..."

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"...To show the real-life applicability of our proposed architecture, it is introduced in a realistic setting such as wildfire monitoring, including a conceptual overview of how the proposed architecture could be implemented in this domain..."

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Inaction on Climate Change Projected to Reduce European Life Expectancy

"...In this paper, we convert excess mortality estimates due to increases in extreme weather from climate change (heat waves, cold waves, droughts, wildfires, river and coastal floods, and windstorms) into potential reductions in life expectancy at birth in thirty-one European countries..."

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Consequences of land-use change and the wildfire disaster of 2017 for the central Chilean biodiversity hotspot

"...Usually, environmental hazards, such as wildfires, are part of the regular environmental dynamic and not considered a threat to biodiversity..."

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Wildfire burn scar encapsulation

"...Due to drastic alterations of soil properties and to the land surfaces by these fires, risks of flash floods, debris flows, and severe erosion increases for these areas, which can have catastrophic consequences for biota, people and property..."

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Review of Infrastructure Resiliency Policy for Natural Disasters

"...A clear focus has been placed on earthquakes and flooding while wildfires and drought have been neglected..."

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A hybrid method for fire detection based on spatial and temporal patterns

"...Fire detection is a vital task for social, economic and environmental reasons..."

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Generation Us

The Challenge of Global Warming

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The Climate Challenge

101 Solutions to Global Warming

"...Each solution describes steps that are already being used in homes, schools, businesses, cities, and governments around the world-with full scientific references to help the reader dig deeper and push farther..."

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