Posts for tag "wildfires"
Earth, Water, Fire: Understanding How Landscapes Impact Flooding in New Mexico
In early July, devastating floods swept through Texas, North Carolina, and New Mexico. In Texas and North Carolina, the floods primarily arose from a mix of torrential rain and topography. However, in New Mexico, the floods were...
- Posted September 15, 2025
Wildfire Prevention in the Sierra Nevada Region with the Yuba Watershed Institute
Though recent wildfires have sparked new conversations about wildfire management and response, groups like the Yuba Watershed Institute have been monitoring the forests and water resources of the Sierra Nevada region for decades, managing approximately 5,000 acres...
- Posted May 14, 2025
Wildfires and Wildlife: Relocating Coastal Rainbow Trout to the Arroyo Seco Stream
Human interaction has negatively impacted the hundreds of streams that run through Southern California. Man-made river and stream diversions, channeling, and damming have changed the physical and chemical characteristics of these waterways. In addition to physical impairments,...
- Posted February 10, 2025
Maui Scientists Offer Water Quality Testing in Wake of Wildfires
On August 8th, 2023, news broke of wildfires ravaging the island of Maui, Hawai’i. In the following days, news of four separate fires broke. Wildfires raged in the historic Lahaina village on the western side of Maui...
- Posted December 11, 2023
Predicting and Responding to Wildfires: Canada’s Scientific Approach to Fire Management
High temperatures and prolonged dry spells lead to increased chances of wildfires sparking across the world. In order to combat fires, federal and local governments have developed fire management programs and policies to prevent and respond to...
- Posted July 31, 2023
Clearing the Air: Insights into New York’s Air Quality Monitoring Network and Strategies
“AIR QUALITY ALERT” warnings dominate television screens across the U.S. as pollen counts climb and air pollution worsens. While stories cautioning against people going outside and increases in air contaminants skyrocket mostly during the summer, air quality...
- Posted July 10, 2023
Wildfire smoke alters a lake’s ecology from the top to the bottom of the food chain
Primary production shifted and trout fled for deeper water during intense wildfire smoke periods, even far from a fire.
- Posted July 22, 2021
Wildfires May Pollute Water Supplies on a Warming Planet
A USGS researcher shares how wildfires can impact water quality and which kinds of storm events restore water quality after fires.
- Posted March 29, 2019
