'Desert-like conditions' will be fuel for a busy brush fire season
1 day ago · MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — A brush fire that burned 10 acres last week in Martin County is the first major incident of what’s expected to be a busy fire season. The flames forced evacuations at a ...
Fire in the desert - PMC - PubMed Central (PMC)
What began with the shower of sparks from metal-on-metal quickly ignited the dry scrub around a development site and grew into a 2,000-acre brush fire. Called the Diamond Fire, it would rage overnight and force the evacuation of more than 1,100 people.
Fire in the desert - PNAS
Mar 13, 2024 · On a punishingly hot day this June in Scottsdale, AZ, construction crews cutting rebar with a grinder accidentally set the desert ablaze. What began with the shower of sparks from metal-on-metal quickly ignited the dry scrub around a development site and grew into a 2,000-acre brush fire.
Fire in the Sonoran Desert - Southwest Fire Science Consortium
May 22, 2024 · The expansion of the grass-fire cycle in the deserts of North America is driving ecosystem level transformation from patchy desertscrub to invasive grassland. A novel fire regime in the Sonoran Desert is forcing a new approach to land management, where there are currently more questions than answers.
Brush fire erupts in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park - FOX 5 San …
May 30, 2024 · SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A brush fire broke out Thursday in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, fire officials said. The blaze, dubbed the “Great Fire,” began around 12:21 p.m. in Great...
Could better brush clearance have helped slow the Palisades fire?
Jan 13, 2025 · Destruction from the Palisades fire could have been tempered had officials cleared brush in wildland areas, which could have slowed its spread, some critics say
Tuscany Fire near Palm Springs now 95% contained - The Desert Sun
Jun 17, 2024 · Officials said the fire was now 95% contained as of 10:15 a.m. The fire department also said the size of the blaze had been revised to approximately 126 acres, significantly smaller than...
Fire in the desert | PNAS
Mar 13, 2024 · Fueled by invasive grasses and climate change, desert fires are growing larger and more dangerous.
A fire deficit persists across diverse North American forests …
2 days ago · Rapid increases in wildfire area burned across North American forests pose novel challenges for managers and society. Increasing area burned raises questions about whether, and to what degree ...
Climate change: What role is it playing in the California fires - BBC
Jan 9, 2025 · "This whiplash sequence in California has increased fire risk twofold," said lead author Daniel Swain from UCLA. "First, by greatly increasing the growth of flammable grass and brush in the months ...