Drax to stop burning B.C. wood pellets for U.K. energy: A significant milestone for the climate - Stand.earth səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Territories (Vancouver, B.C.) — International energy giant Drax has begun to phase out burning forest biomass from…

Drax will end using wood pellets from old-growth #forests in British Columbia to power its U.K. plants. This is a win for First Nations and rural communities in the region who have been made vulnerable to #flooding and #megafires due to clear-cutting.

Major ‘megafires’ are now primed to ignite across the US. All it needs is a spark It began on the afternoon of 14 July 2014, as storm clouds gathered over a remote patch of north-central Washington state. They carried no rain, only a crackle of electricity. Lightning ripped through...

Major ‘megafires’ are now primed to ignite across the US. All it needs is a spark #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #Megafires #ClimateChange #WildfireSafety

Major ‘megafires’ are now primed to ignite across the US. All it needs is a spark | BBC Science Focus Magazine Every year, bigger and bigger wildfires are ravaging the US. Now it seems that even normally damp states, like Washington, aren't safe from megafires

Major ‘megafires’ are now primed to ignite across the US. All it needs is a spark #Science #EarthSciences #Climatology #Megafires #ClimateChange #WildfireSafety

Revealing America’s brutal new firestorms Scientists say that the fires ravaging the western United States are burning differently these days. Documenting the aftermath requires a new approach as well.

“Today’s fires are doing seemingly impossible things”
#UCANR climate scientist Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social says #megafires like NorCal’s 2020 gigafire aren’t just big—they’re fast, intense & unlike anything in historic record @bresnick.bsky.social
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The Destructive Legacy of California’s Zombie Fires

“Experts in #wildfire management say these rekindled fires have become increasingly common in California and elsewhere…One of the reasons they keep happening, fire experts said, is that #climate change has made #megafires more common and windstorms wilder. “ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...

The smoke from U.S. megafires has now reached Europe — a stark reminder that climate disasters don’t respect borders. When California burns, Paris breathes it.
Global warming isn’t local; it’s atmospheric.
#ClimateCrisis #AirPollution #Megafires

We need to #ActOnClimate now. Science is under attack. We need warnings to evacuate from floods. #MegaFires are on the rise we need a #GreenEconomy #Resist #SaveScience

Tribal Youth Step Up to Fight Wildfires in the American West The Lomakatasi Restoration Project works to restore forest health and fight wildfires in the American West. In turn, it's providing jobs to tribal youth.

Across the American West, communities face a rising threat from catastrophic wildfire.

Lomakatsi Restoration Project's model shows what’s possible when Native leadership, workforce development and #ForestRestoration intersect.

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#Cities4Forests #Wildfires #Megafires

Yup Vancouver

Burning Point: Vancouver is on the brink of a Catastrophic wildfire 🔥
#fireweather #megafires

Keep on extracting & burning methane LNG BC #bcndp #bcheat #BCwildfire #bcwx

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Burning Point: Vancouver is on the brink of a Catastrophic wildfire 🔥
#fireweather #megafires

Keep on extracting & burning methane LNG BC #bcndp #bcheat #BCwildfire #bcwx

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We have a #book about the #MiramichiFire - it's 25% off until the end of the month (save the shipping and exchange by picking it up at our house in #SaintJohn):
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1664... #Booksky #LocalHistory #Miramichi #NewBrunswick #megafires

Mega Fires 🔥 #megafires

🔥 Wildfires in Europe are growing deadlier—but they’re not inevitable.
They're driven by land neglect, poor planning & climate inaction.
We need prevention, nature-based solutions & community action.
Let’s protect people & nature.
More: www.wwf.eu?18776266/Fro...

#WWF #Megafires #WWFMediterranean

How mushrooms can prevent megafires | Food and Environment Reporting Network If you’ve gone walking in the woods out West lately, you might have encountered a pile of sticks. Or perhaps hundreds of them, heaped as high as your head and strewn about the forest like Viking…

What if fungi—not flames—could clear forest debris? Mycelium might turn fire hazards into soil, cut carbon, and save millions. Nature’s cleanup crew could be our secret weapon.

#mushrooms #mycology #wildfireprevention #megafires #mycelium #foresthealth #sustainability #climateaction

Η Κύπρος καίγεται – ξανά.
Κάθε χρόνο η ίδια ιστορία.

#cypruswildfires #fires #climatechance #climateemergency #climate #cyprus #politics #disaster #κυπρος #φωτιες #βοηθεια #help #voltcyprus #volteuropa #megafires @voltcyprus.org @volteuropa.org

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Incendies au Canada : feux hors de contrôles, fumées atteignant l’Europe… Comment expliquer ces "mégafeux" qui ravagent le pays chaque année ? Alors que le pays se souvient encore d’un épisode sans précédent en 2023 lors duquel 15 millions d’hectares étaient partis en fumée, le Canada fait à nouveau face à des mégafeux hors de contrôle. Une ...

Le printemps particulièrement chaud et sec cette année, associé à des vents violents, alimentent cette vague d’incendies exceptionnelle de plus de 200 feux dont la moitié n'est pas maîtrisée
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#Canada #Manitoba #Megafires

Le Manitoba face à une « intensification » des feux de forêt La superficie brûlée au Manitoba est déjà près de trois fois supérieure à la moyenne annuelle.

Canada - Le Manitoba a déclaré mercredi soir l’état d’urgence en raison de l’ampleur des feux de forêt qui font rage dans la province depuis plusieurs jours.

Plus de 17 000 personnes doivent être évacuées ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/216...
#megafires

Reading one of my favorite articles today in class!!!

This is one of the best pieces of #SciCom I've ever read -- it does an incredible job of describing why our atmosphere is ~21% O2, how modern #MegaFires will (not!) impact O2 levels, and how burning #FossilFuels short circuits global C cycles!

#EMST

🔥This study examines the damage to roadways affected by the 2020 Labor Day wildfires in relation to the history of megafires.

#Megafires #HighwayMaintenanceAndDamage

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We are releasing the monsters California’s well-documented climate and fire history lets us see how global warming is cooking up ever more extreme fire conditions — and how the megafires are responding with accelerating frequency ...

California’s well-documented climate and fire history shows how megafires are responding with accelerating frequency and fury #wildfires #ClimateCrisis #California #LosAngelesFire #megafires www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/28/a...

Welcome to the #ClimateCrisis

#Megafires

Jan. 18th, 2025
#ClimateJusticeNow
#ClimateActionNow

#ExtremeWeather
#BiodiversityLoss
#AtmosphericRivers
#HeatDomes
#MegaFires
#HeatWaves

#CLIMATECHAOS
#ActOnClimate

Opinion: Megafires are a choice (The Salt Lake Tribune)

"Mr. Trump made false claims about the state’s water allocation. Elon Musk, who is co-leading the Department of Government Efficiency, an advisory panel, blamed the city’s diversity initiatives for the fires." l.smartnews.com/p-if5q9oD/nm... #LAfires #MegaFires

#fires #megafires 'Megafires' Very relevant today docu. series is on in few minutes:

'Megafires: The Global Threat - Why Our Forests Are Burning..'

5:44 PM - 6:48 PM (PST)

'Magellan TV Now', for one, ch. 3535 via 'Samsung TV Plus'.

Factcheck: How global warming has increased US wildfires - Carbon Brief In the midst of record or near-record heatwaves across the northern hemisphere this summer, deadly wildfires have swept through many regions, such as the western US, Europe and Siberia. This has focus...

Facts about global warming Murdoch media won't tell you.
#auspol #ClimateEmergency #Megafires
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#FireTornadoes during massive #Wildfires and #MegaFires are now a thing. #ClimateChange is real and maybe we should've stuck with calling it #GlobalWarming after all... and by "warming", I mean giant 174 mph EF3 Fire Tornado!! Talk about #ScorchedEarthPolicy #Politics.

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The cold nights of December have not erased the memories of another year of #megafires. First 2023, then 2024, skies across North America filled with smoke, releasing 290 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere.

Megafire smoke exposure jeopardizes tree carbohydrate reserves and yield - Nature Plants The incidence and severity of megafires are increasing as a consequence of global change. While the impacts of fires on tree physiology and ecosystem functioning are well studied, how smoke affects th...

🔥 Jessica Orozco, Paula Guzmán-Delgado and Maciej Zwieniecki discuss how smoke from megafires reduces tree carbohydrate reserves, harming yield and resilience. A new wildfire threat to ecosystems.
▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#Megafires #Sustainability

5 wet years post- #megafires has seen species like shorteared possum spread out in the local landscape.

Biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires - Nature Data collected from more than 2,000 taxa provide an unparalleled opportunity to quantify how extreme wildfires affect biodiversity, revealing that the largest effects on plants and animals were in are...

Driscoll, D.A., Macdonald, K.J., Gibson, R.K. et al. Biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires. Nature (2024). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#biodiversity #megafires #FireEcology #biodiversity #conservation #incineration #wildlife #FossilFuels