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👨🏿‍🚒 Wildfire posts can save crucial minutes, but one hidden effect is reshaping how crews and resources get deployed
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-wildfire-crucial-minutes-hidden-effect.html

Wildfire posts can save crucial minutes, but one hidden effect is reshaping how crews and resources get deployed
Social media posts are a double-edged sword for public agencies that respond to emergencies such as wildfires. New research from the University of Waterloo shows that while posts by citizens who see emergencies in the making can help first responders spring into action faster, they may also result in costly overreaction.

"Amazon wildfire emissions may be up to three times higher than estimated"
#Wildfires #AmazonRainforest #Emissions

Amazon wildfire emissions may be up to three times higher than estimated
Fires are a recurring phenomenon in central South America, often intensified by drought and deforestation. In 2024, wildfire activity reached its highest levels in 20 years, affecting vast areas of the Amazon rainforest and the Cerrado—the world's most biodiverse tropical savanna, stretching across one-fifth of Brazil and extending into Bolivia and Paraguay.

these two major fires happened nine days apart. Either one could have come into town with the right conditions. We are having a community meeting on Wednesday to go over what happened last year. It's going to be interesting and probably pretty emotional. Rightly so.
I honestly think a big reason why most of the Liberal Party just doesn't get it is because they are centered in urban and sub urban Ontario and don't have to worry about their homes burning down every year.
And allow me to just stop you right there before you say this is normal for our neck of the woods.
Fires? sure. Fires that threaten towns on Vancouver Island. No. Never. Not in my lifetime. Nor anyone elses.
#cdnpoli #canpoli #climateEmergency #wildfire #climateChaos #endfossilfuels

Question for Carney supporters.
When my house burns down in a climate change- accelerated fire, will I be allowed to vote for someone other than the Liberals without the "but you'll just elect a Conservative" or "but the economy" bullshit?
I await your permission. 🙏
P.S. And this is not a rhetorical question, we have had 3 major fires within 20km of our home in the past 3 years. We have been protected by geography, BCWildfire, and luck.
#cdnpoli #canpoli #climateEmergency #wildfire #climateChaos #endfossilfuels

"Wildfire-friendly weather nearly triples: Will outbreaks leave countries scrambling for resources?"
#Wildfires #Environment #Weather

Wildfires increasingly likely in several countries at once
The risk of synchronous wildfires is rising - and help won't be as likely to come from neighbouring countries busy with their own flames.