Florida’s fires are not just natural disasters – they’re climate warnings
Wildfires have scorched more than 57,000 acres of Florida land this year alone.
Tag: wildfires
Smoke and fire: FSU scientists investigate atmospheric interactions in wildfires with National Science Foundation funding
Wildfires pose hazards to human and ecological health and cost the U.S. between $394 and $893 billion annually.
US power grids are vulnerable to extreme weather
Different kinds of severe weather, including multiple kinds at once, have different impacts on the grid in different places.
Who should pay for climate disasters?
Some states are landing on a straightforward answer: fossil fuel companies.
Beyond the burn: Harvesting dead wood to reduce wildfires
Effective wildfire management reduces risks, lowers carbon emissions and enhances carbon storage to combat global warming.
Spring is heating up: Florida cities see leap in warmer-than-normal days
A Climate Central analysis found spring temperatures rose by an average of 2.4 F in 234 US cities since 1970.
Don’t let insurers get away with fleecing homeowners
In an age of climate disasters, insurance should be a safeguard for families, not a gamble where the house always ...
How to rebuild safer, more resilient cities after wildfires without pricing out workers
Research shows that low-income residents struggle the most during and after a disaster.
Drought can hit almost anywhere: How 5 cities that nearly ran dry got water use under control
As global temperatures rise, cities throughout the US are more likely to experience drier conditions
Human use of fire has produced an era of uncontrolled burning: Welcome to the Pyrocene
Humanity’s fire practices have become so vast, especially in recent centuries, that we are creating the fire equivalent of an ...
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