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At least 29 people have died in the fires, according to Los Angeles County officials. The county medical examiner’s office is still investigating many of the deaths. The department noted that it ...
It's a wake-up call, according to the researchers, who launched the study in December to examine the short- and long-term health effects of the Aug. 8 wildfires, considered the deadliest in the U ...
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A study was done in Western Australia that looked into different fire management strategies and how they influence an endangered plant species known as the Backwater grevillea. They compared the different effects of current fire suppression strategies, cultural burning and wildfires on this species.
The fires, which started during a ferocious windstorm and after almost no rain had fallen in greater Los Angeles since the spring, have killed at least 29 people and torched more than 16,000 ...
Image credits: FOX 11 Los Angeles/YouTube Sadly, these fires have claimed much more than just homes and buildings. The Los Angeles County medical examiner reported that at least 10 people have ...
When witnessing fire or smoke (even if the fire poses no threat, such as a candle), suspecting a fire is nearby, or (in some cases) visualizing fires, pyrophobes exhibit typical psychological and physiological symptoms of fear and panic: acute stress, fast heartbeat, shortness of breath, tightness in chest, sweating, nausea, shaking or trembling, dry mouth, needing to go to the bathroom ...
Pyne, who has written more than 30 books on the cultural and social effects of wildland and rural fires around the world, argues that many of the most disastrous fires of the last 30 years have ...