Latest #Scottish word weekly #illustration. Since #wildfire incidents are bothering #Scotland so early in the year. Sadly. The world is changing.
It also could be a couple of Scots in another country under the bombardment of weapons from the lucrative arms industry.
Burned about 12 acres on Doe Mill Ridge, which sits between Forest Ranch (#ParkFire) and Paradise (#CampFire). The landowner has been using #RxFire here for over a decade and looks pretty darn good. Neighbor’s properties… not as much.
We had about 30 people working yesterday and talked about how we scale this so that a single person can safely burn the same acreage.
#Wildfire #wildfires #Wildfireseason #Fireseason
'We've never had this many fires in January and February ever in the state' > Wisconsin sees record start to the fire season as climate change drives more blazes
https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-wildfires-record-climate-change-drought
“Draft Trump order could endanger firefighters by changing needed aircraft requirements, Washington state officials warn” #Aviation #Wildfire
#USPol https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/apr/11/draft-trump-order-could-endanger-firefighters-by-c/
140 Firefighters continue fighting a ~100 acre #wildfire in the Loonse en Drunense Duinen National Park, the Netherlands, during the night to prevent the fire from spreading.
The park is closed, no further evacuations have been ordered so far
Persbureau Heitink
Loyal Dog Survives in Korea's Worst Wildfire: Sparks Debate on Pet Evacuation Laws
For details: https://www.koreantopik.com/2025/04/loyal-dog-survives-in-koreas-worst.html
Black and White Fire-Scarred Cottonwood by Debra Martz
After a fire came through northern #Oklahoma, burning much of the land and the visitor/ranger station of the Salt Plains Nat'l Wildlife Refuge, this scarred tree stood proud and tall with only black and white bark for several more years.
https://debra-martz.pixels.com/featured/black-and-white-fire-scarred-cottonwood-debra-martz.html
National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook For April Through July 2025
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https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/predictive/outlooks/monthly_seasonal_outlook.pdf <-- shared report
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #NationalFireNews #FireYear2025 #fedscience #risk #hazard #spatialanalysis #USA #model #fire #wildfire #publicsafety #loss #damage #cost #forecast #infrastructure #bushfire #alert
https://www.nifc.gov/
Trump halts Forest Service work supporting women in firefighting | Montana Public Radio
https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2025-04-10/trump-halts-forest-service-work-supporting-women-in-firefighting
Isle of Arran, #UK
A wildfire on the Scottish island.
Photograph: Police Scotland/PA
Wildfire activity is picking up in Alberta but officials predict an average season
Embracing new technology for tackling weather conditions, and a snowy spring are positive early indications leading into an average season for officials.
#wildfire #weather #technology #Alberta #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/wildfire-activity-is-picking-up-in-alberta-but-officials-predict-an-average-season-1.7507651?cmp=rss
Wildfire activity is picking up in Alberta but officials predict an average season
Embracing new technology for tackling weather conditions, and a snowy spring are positive early indications leading into an average season for officials.
#wildfire #weather #technology #Alberta #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/wildfire-activity-is-picking-up-in-alberta-but-officials-predict-an-average-season-1.7507651?cmp=rss
The cognitive path to somebody trying to have a good life in a challenging time but with low skills and thus colliding with "oops!" was surely hard to foresee.
"...the number of recreation-caused wildfires during summer [2020] was 36% greater than the 1992–2019 average; this increase was likely a function of increased outdoor recreational activity in response to social distancing measures."
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF005744?af=R
Not as dramatic as other locations, but there's been a small fire burning on the lower slopes of the Coinneachan for a couple of days now. This evening, the layer of brown smog cloud was very apparent, lying low above the horizon for 180º round from Glen Turret to the Ochil hills.
360ºpano: https://www.360cities.net/image/smog-around-auchterarder-perthshire
I discovered an overlay in Windy for where all the fires are and it's more than a bit worrying.
https://www.windy.com/-Menu/menu?rain,56.483,-3.209,8,p:firespots
I recently discovered Windy has a map overlay layer for (wild)fires.
Have to admit it worries the pants off me seeing how many there are on the go atm.
https://www.windy.com/56.928/-4.030/ukv?ukv,rain,56.562,-3.821,8,p:firespots
Don't bet on this massive storm being once in a generation. More & larger #storms predicted. #climatechange #globalwarming #tornado #flood #wildfire #environment #insurance #midwest #southeast #texas #Arkansas #Kentucky #Mississippi
https://www.yahoo.com/news/once-generation-extreme-weather-event-114923075.html
New thematic issue of Phil. Trans. Roy Soc B is coming! Stay tuned
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rstb
"Novel wildfire regimes under climate change and human influences: impacts, ecosystem responses and feedbacks"
#fire #wildfire #royalsociety @ecology @plants @wildfirescience @plantscience @nature @biodiversity
I've just published a new page on my website documenting the last 3 months on an art residency exploring fire through the plant aiteann (gorse) and its relationship to sitka spruce: https://shanefinan.org/VAP/15_aiteann.html
This was part of the international research project investigating wildfires called FIRECULT. For the project, I created charcoal and made new drawings, made work with fire, and created two new video artworks.
#Wildfire on the #BelfastHills this evening 
It seems to have been extinguished now (thanks to the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service #nifrs) but if anyone knows who started it, give them a swift kick to the 
from me… 
Wildfires Devastated Their Communities. Will Californians Stay Put?
Recent research about migration patterns after the most destructive wildfires may help us predict what happens next
Read our latest Research Highlight now:
https://www.prb.org/articles/wildfires-devastated-their-communities-will-californians-stay-put/
Greg Cocks 
