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CA towns, cities must adapt as dangers of bigger wildfires loom
By Amy McDermott for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for for ...
New California Maps Show Big Increase in Areas Facing ‘High’ or ‘Very High’ Wildfire Risk
In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency ...
California calls for 5-foot clearance around homes: What does it mean?
A: Ensure that the 5-foot zone surrounding their home, which Newsom’s order calls “Zone 0,” is “ember resistant.” Q: What ...
Cal Fire begins releasing new state-mandated maps showing highest fire hazard areas
Cal Fire released updated fire hazard maps for dozens of cities and towns in inland Northern California. All but one saw an ...
Cal Fire’s updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...
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Nearby Habitable-Zone Exoplanet May Be a World of Fire and Ice
A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...
India Today20d
California's wildfire crisis worsened by climate change
Once-in-a-decade super strong Santa Ana winds, a dry autumn that followed two very wet years that caused rapid growth in flammable chapparal and grass Listen to Story Climate change increased fire ...
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Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense
WASHINGTON — Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California ...