News articles tagged with 'fire'
Neanderthals were nifty at controlling fire, says CU-Boulder-led study
— 15 Mar 2011 19:47 | Geology and palaeontologyA new study involving the University of Colorado Boulder shows clear evidence of the continuous control of fire by Neanderthals in Europe dating back roughly 400,000 years, yet another…
Argentine ant genome sheds light on a successful pest
— 1 Feb 2011 20:15 | BiologyA research team led by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and San Francisco State University has unlocked the genetic code of the highly invasive Argentine ant, providing…
Radiometer finds sources of fire
— 10 Jan 2011 19:01 | TechnologyThe number and scale of forest fires has increased dramatically in recent decades. Who can forget last summer's television images of blazing infernos devouring miles and miles of forest…
Team of scientists predicts continued death of forests in southwestern US due to climate change
— 14 Dec 2010 20:06 | EnvironmentIf current climate projections hold true, the forests of the Southwestern United States face a bleak future, with more severe - and more frequent - forest fires, higher tree death rates,…
Rainforest conservation needs a new direction to address climate change
— 2 Dec 2010 20:22 | EnvironmentConservation and international aid groups may be on the wrong course to address the havoc wreaked by climate change on tropical rainforests, according to a commentary appearing in the…
Fire forecast technology could help rescue teams save lives
— 30 Nov 2010 21:45 | TechnologyFires in homes and offices could be tackled more efficiently using technology that predicts how a blaze will spread…
As Arctic temperatures rise, tundra fires increase, researchers find
— 18 Nov 2010 11:51 | EnvironmentIn September, 2007, the Anaktuvuk River Fire burned more than 1,000 square kilometres of tundra on Alaska's North Slope, doubling the area burned in that region since record keeping…
NIST releases draft report on South Carolina furniture fire study
— 13 Nov 2010 09:44 | TechnologyMajor factors contributing to a rapid spread of fire at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, S.C., on June 18, 2007, included large open spaces with furniture providing high fuel loads,…
Fourfold increase in fires magnifies threat to Brazil's Cerrado
— 29 Oct 2010 13:12 | EnvironmentBrazil's crucial Cerrado region leads the tally of areas most damaged by a crippling drought in the country, with nearly 60,000 fire outbreaks recorded in the five months to September…
Old logging practices linked to high erosion rates
— 22 Oct 2010 14:19 | EnvironmentClear-cut logging and related road-building in the 1950s and 1960s in southern Oregon's Siskiyou Mountains disrupted soil stability and led to unprecedented soil erosion made worse…