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17 kwi 2024 · By fueling the growth of plants that become kindling, carbon dioxide is driving an increase in the severity and frequency of wildfires, according to a UC Riverside study. UCR researcher taking samples of soil from the burn scar of the 2018 Holy Fire in Southern California. (Sydney Glassman/UCR)
2 lis 2017 · The retardant, called Phos-Chek, contains ammonium phosphate, a fertilizer. It also includes chemicals to regulate how the slurry drops, emulsifiers that render it gooey so it sticks to targets, and a coloring agent so air crews can track what they’ve dropped.
3 wrz 2021 · The Dixie Fire near Chico, California, that ignited on July 14 has scorched more than 847,000 acres. It was 52 percent contained as of Thursday. Spread by winds reaching 40 mph and fueled by...
11 wrz 2020 · When we essentially spray a fertilizer over California, so-called invasive plant species grow faster and outcompete the state’s native plant species, which do not thrive in a fertilized environment.
Indirect impacts result from changes in the ecosystem such as vegetation cover or changes in flora. Impacts from fire can be short-term, long-term or permanent depending on fire severity. For example, soil fertility can increase after low intensity fires, which increases site productivity.
3 lip 2023 · Many who fight fires said banning the use of retardant would be catastrophic for California and the West, where wildfires are burning larger, hotter and faster than ever before.
24 wrz 2020 · Researchers from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center used data from the NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite to track the correlation between soil moisture conditions and wildfire susceptibility in the 2020 California wildfire season.
