First fire weather episode of 2024 coming to western Canada starting May 9 and lasting 5+ days (500mb anom. below). QPF for days 5-10 below. Areas of concern NERN BC NRN AB and SRN NWT. pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=ec…

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The Northwest Territories' wildfire agency has identified its first active fires of the 2024 season. Two small fires were reported northwest of Fort Smith.
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Rob Logan Read my short synopsis by Professor Mike Flannigan on CBC. He said a lot of good things about Wildfires and the Politics around it.

Our partnership with BC Wildfire Service will deliver new research, learning and innovative opportunities in addressing the changing nature of wildfire.

'It is extremely unlikely that the 2024 fire season will be as extreme as 2023, as 2023 was a record-smashing year,' says #myTRU 's Mike Flannigan, adding existing drought across Canada, forecasts call for warmer-than-normal summer. USA TODAY TRUResearch

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Wildfires in western US & Canada are resulting in a big increase in the # of days & places w/ unhealthy levels of particle pollution. Burned area/smoke is increasing mainly due to heating/drying from human caused climate change. PM is dangerous for health! lung.org/research/sota/…

Want a fire weather career? Great opportunity with the Canadian Forest Service. Job posting closes April 30th.

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Highlighting #myTRU Mike Flannigan's expertise in fire science in the recently published Communications Earth & Environment article on 2021's record-breaking fire year. Thanks to Piyush Jain & team. Read more: rdcu.be/dFsxQ Natural Resources

#ClimateChange effects magnified an intense #HeatDome over western North America leading to record breaking fire-conducive weather and extreme fire activity in Canada and the United States in July 2021.

Find out more! 👉nature.com/articles/s4324…

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Discover the future of the Arctic with science writer & explorer Edward Struzik at ‘Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge.’

⏰ Wed. April 24
📍 UCLA Terasaki Building
🧭 Hosted by UCLAIoES & La Kretz

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#Wildfire risk has never been greater. #Climate change, 100years of suppression, eviction of Indigenous people, and capitalism have put us in a strange place.

Dr. Lori Daniels of UBC Forestry details our history and how we can make transformational change

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Excited to have ULethbridge Faculty of Arts & Science #ShiningStudent Natalie Krizan join as a MSc! Her NSERC / CRSNG research will examine how fire history and MPB contributed to #wildfire fuel that affected the Chetamon fire Jasper National Park, Parks Canada using #lidar , field and paleo-fire data! stories.ulethbridge.ca/shining-studen…

#myTRU 's Mike Flannigan spoke with La Presse about #wildfires : Incendies de forêt au Canada | Des incendies de 2023 ne se sont jamais éteints lapresse.ca/actualites/202… via @lp_lapresse

Check out a short piece on awesome work by Dana! We're heading back up north this summer to study fire's effects on soil carbon, since lots of our sites (chosen because they hadn't burned in the last 30 years) burned in last summer's fires, sponsored by @nsf DEB.

There is another hot wildfire season forecast in B.C. Are we prepared? vancouversun.com/feature/anothe… via The Vancouver Sun FPInnovations Glenn McGillivray FireSmart BC BC Wildfire Service Thompson Rivers University David Eby Bruce Ralston West Kelowna Fire Katie DeRosa VaughnPalmer #wildfire

🌙🔥Unexpected overnight #wildfires cause revealed!

At night, cooler temperatures and higher humidity naturally inhibit the spread of wildfires. However, recent night fires in the US were driven by fuel dryness, Kaiwei Luo 's team has found.

Read more👇
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Working on a new conference presentation featuring original artwork by Hok Woo!

#ThrowbackThursday to my first summer of fieldwork (1988)

Peatland hydrology and beaver hydrology research in the Hudson Bay Lowlands.

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Fire Intelligence Officer job with the Canadian Forest Service open until April 16. This person will work on a range of forest fire related topics, including research and development, operational support, and knowledge exchange activities. emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/appl…

Greece's 2023 forest fire season, detailed by Gavriil Xanthopoulos, Emmanouela Zevgoli, Konstantinos Kaoukis, and Miltiadis Athanasiou, saw over 140,000 hectares engulfed and over 20 lives lost. A sobering analysis of critical fire management challenges. iawfonline.org/article/overvi…