Search Results for: forest

“Climate change” is responsible for wildfires that “move with more speed…and last well beyond traditional months of the fire season.” According to Vice-President Biden, we are having a record fire season. Burn acreage to date is 1,472,510 acres. Ninety years … Continue reading →

During early May, 1890 there were fires “everywhere” in Wisconsin and Minnesota. 08 May 1890, 6 – Minneapolis Messenger at Newspapers.com This week in 1890, there were large fires on both sides of the Rio Grande in Colorado and New … Continue reading →

March of 1910 was the warmest and driest on record in the US. This led to the largest and some of the deadliest fires in US history. On October 7 a forest fire raged out of control across Lake of … Continue reading →

Five years ago, the New York Times said 10.1 million acres burned in the US during 2015, and it was the most on record. Wildfires, Once Confined to a Season, Burn Earlier and Longer – The New York Times If … Continue reading →

Climate change: UK forests ‘could do more harm than good’ – BBC News

h/t Craig Kelly MP

19 Feb 1937, 11 – The Evening Sun at Newspapers.com October 9, 1938 – NYTimes January 1937 was the coldest on record west of the Mississippi River, and one of the warmest on record east of the Mississippi. docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/065/mwr-065-01-c1.pdf

Forest fires were raging in Massachusetts and Tennessee – “Induced by the drought and aggravated by high winds.” TimesMachine: Thursday November 12, 1874 – NYTimes.com h/t Don Penim

The US Forest Service used to have this graph on their web site, showing the sharp decline in US forest fires. Indicator 3.16: Area and percent of forest affected by abiotic agents They removed the page linking to in the … Continue reading →