"Thirty-six large fires ≥ 10,000 ha generated 95% of annual area burned. Individually, these fires exhibited sizes, fire weather, and behaviour consistent with historical fires; there were simply far more of them in 2023." (Beverly & Schroeder 2024) #Alberta #wildfires2023 https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjfr-2024-0099

"the Canadian fires released more carbon in five months than Russia or Japan emitted from fossil fuels in all of 2022" #Canadafires #Wildfires2023 #earthobservation
https://www.nasa.gov/earth/new-nasa-study-tallies-carbon-emissions-from-massive-canadian-fires/

#Wildfires2023 #Canada #wildfire

Summary of the paper by Yan Boulanger here:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7231691023620472834/

The full paper Jain et al (2024) in Nature Communications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51154-7

Global News BC: Officials to give live update on West Kelowna area wildfire mapped at 12K hectares https://globalnews.ca/news/9911984/central-okanagan-wildfires-updates-aug-22-2023/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #CentralOkanaganwildfiresupdates #McDougallCreekwildfire #BCWildfireService #OKANAGANWILDFIRES #centralokanagan #McDougallCreek #wildfires2023 #BCwildfires #lakecountry #WestKelowna #McKindley #Okanagan #Kelowna #Fire

Global News BC: Wildfires in B.C., N.W.T. causing ‘apocalyptic devastation,’ Trudeau says https://globalnews.ca/news/9909414/wildfires-bc-nwt-apocalyptic-devastation-trudeau/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Canadawildfireseason #BCWildfireupdate #B.C.wildfires #JustinTrudeau #wildfires2023 #NWTWildfires #CanadaNews #Wildfires #Politics #NWTFires #Weather #BCfires #Canada #Fire

The hurricane that wreaked havoc, whipping #wildfires2023 in Lahaina, Maui: Hurricane #Dora

https://mapstodon.space/@zoom_earth/110869148156604400

Global News BC: Eagle Bluff wildfire near Osoyoos classified as held https://globalnews.ca/news/9885885/eagle-bluff-wildfire-near-osoyoos-classified-as-held/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #EagleBluffWildfire #OrvilleWashington #wildfires2023 #BCWildfire #osoyoos #060.6 #Fire #BC #7

Global News BC: In the line of fire: Firefighters face perilous conditions amid record season https://globalnews.ca/news/9869441/canada-firefighter-deaths-dangers-wildfires/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #canadianfirefighterskilled #Canadafirefighters #firefighterdeaths #WildfiresInCanada #Albertawildfire #Canadawildfires #WildfireSeason #wildfires2023 #Firefighters #WildfireNews #Environment #BCWildfire #Wildfires #Canada

Global News BC: Thousands still displaced across Canada due to wildfires while many return home https://globalnews.ca/news/9773078/canada-wildfire-evacuation-orders-lifted/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #wildfireevacuations #Albertawildifres #Canadawildfires #WildfireSeason #wildifreupdate #B.C.wildfires #ClimateChange #wildfires2023 #Environment #CanadaNews #BillBlair #Wildfires #Canada #Fires

The Tyee: Please Advise! Has Smoke Put Canada on the US Enemies’ List? https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/06/09/Please-Advise-Smoke-Canada-US-Enemies-List/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #MarjorieTaylorGreene #NewYorksmokyskies #TheIngrahamAngle #wildfires2023 #RhonaRaskin #SteveMilloy

Everything is orange, like Red Dawn. Wow. #wildfires2023 #NY

Man, it was eerie. It was like a scene out of “Blade Runner.”
😮
#NewYorkCity #AllInNYC #WeLoveNYC #CanadianWildfires #Wildfires #WildfiresSmoke #Wildfires2023 #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Wildfire #wildfirehaze

AirNow Fire And Smoke Map [North America]
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https://fire.airnow.gov/ <-- online interactive map
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #online #webmaps #interactivemaps #opendata #crowdsourcing #smoke #fire #airquality #northamerica #environmental #health #publichealth #publicsafety #situationalawareness #hazard #planning #data #events #riskassessment #riskmanagement #communityhealth #communityawareness #climatechange #citizenscience #pollution #wildfires #wildfires2023 #fireriskassessment #quality #help #USA #canada #mexico #puertorico #AirNow

Alberta Wildfires - Satellite Captures Footage Of Fires Ravaging The Province
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https://globalnews.ca/video/9693654/alberta-wildfires-satellite-captures-footage-of-fires-ravaging-the-province <-- shared media article
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“National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites captured footage of the wildfires that have burned around 1 million acres of land in Alberta since early May, following a wave of unusually hot and dry weather conditions. Data collected by the satellites helps responders determine which areas will be impacted, to ultimately help manage the wildfires…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #Canada #Alberta #satellite #wildfire #fires #bushfires #wildfires #wildfires2023 #climatechange #firefighting #fireriskassessment #NOAA

Spring, When The USFS Are Checking Their Wildfire Fighting Equipment
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That time of year again, when the USFS crews at the Denver Federal Center are checking, testing and setting up their gear for fighting this season’s wildfires at Bldg 810…
#spring #DenverFederalCenter #wildfire #wildfireseason #fighting #gear #preparation #climatechange #bushfires #firefighting #wildfires2023 #fireservices #USFS