It was a smell that invoked a memory. Both for Emily Kuchlbauer in North Carolina and Ryan Bomba in Chicago. It was smoke from wildfires, the odor of an increasingly hot and occasionally on-fire world.
As the atmosphere dries, it, creating more fuel that burns easier, faster and with greater intensity. Then you add more lightning strikes from more storms, some of which are dry lightning strikes, said Canadian fire scientist Mike Flannigan at Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia. Fire seasons are getting longer, starting earlier and lasting later because of warmer weather, he said.
The type of fires seen this year in western Canada are in amounts scientists and computer models predicted for the 2030s and 2040s. And eastern Canada, where it rains more often, wasn’t supposed to see occasional fire years like this until the mid 21st century, Flannigan said. Since about the 1950s, America pretty much got wildfires down to a minimum, but that hasn’t been the case since about 2000.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Meet The Emily GT: A 600-Mile Range EV Built By Saab EngineersWhen Saab went bankrupt in the 2011, New Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) purchased its assets. Here's what the firm has been working on for the past decade.
Read more »
Wave midfielder Emily van Egmond named to Australia's roster for Women's World Cup'I'm excited. I can't wait. This team is super-special and I can't wait to show the world what the Matildas are all about.'
Read more »
How a busy mom trained to run the NYC Marathon after losing 135 pounds'That 15 seconds turned into 30 seconds, and then it turned into a minute. You just work up slowly.'
Read more »
Suburban New York police officer accused of making hoax threats against herselfA suburban New York police officer sent herself a series of vile, menacing text messages and claimed she'd been the target of harassment by colleagues, prosecutors say.
Read more »
Single Emily Ratajkowski twerks through Michael Rubin’s starry party in see-through dressRatajkowski swayed her hips in a white see-through dress as she danced her way around the Fanatics mogul’s $50 million Bridgehampton mansion.
Read more »
Emily Blunt Already Played Frozen’s Live-Action Queen Elsa In A $115M Box Office BombDisney’s live-action trend makes it inevitable that a Frozen remake will happen soon, and they can learn from Blunt’s previous Ice Queen role.
Read more »