Sērija : The Texas Experience, Books Made Possible by Sarah '84 and Mark '77 Philpy
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Jun-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Texas A & M University Press, ISBN-13: 9781648432811)
Fire lookout towers are enjoying a retrospective rebirth, attracting the curious and the adventurous, as Americans seeking escape for moments of solitude rediscover the structures national significance. Though the Civilian Conservation Corps na...Lasīt vairāk
This book explores Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in India, addressing the challenges and proposing solutions for the conservation of these critical ecosystems. It examines the pivotal role of KBAs in biodiversity conservation and their significanc...Lasīt vairāk
Considers the long history of ecological burns, the varied ways fire behaves across the state, and the lessons that can be learned from Californias largest fires of recent decades-- How do we live with fire? From the creator of Th...Lasīt vairāk
Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most well-known characters of our time. In this addition to the What Is the Story Of? series, young readers will get to know American icon Smokey Bears history with the U.S. Forest Service and fir...Lasīt vairāk
Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most well-known characters of our time. In this addition to the What Is the Story Of? series, young readers will get to know American icon Smokey Bears history with the U.S. Forest Service and fir...Lasīt vairāk
The second edition of Mixed Severity Fires: Natures Phoenix focuses on wildfire as a keystone ecological process that has shaped plant and animal communities for over 400 million years. The book will describe the renewal process that follows...Lasīt vairāk
Following a three-year drought and during the hottest and driest year on record, a flume of scorching air set the Australian continent aflame. The Black Summer fires were unprecedented. Over six months in 2019-20 they burned more than 24 million hect...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 29-Aug-2023, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Bloomsbury Publishing USA, ISBN-13: 9781639730797)
A practical guide for living with wildfire, including essential history and science, actions you can take to protect your home, and guiding principles for life in an increasingly fiery future. A practical guide for living with wi...Lasīt vairāk
The Australian wildfires of 201920 (Black Summer) were devastating and unprecedented. These megafires burnt more than 10 million hectares, mostly of forests in southern and eastern Australia. Many of the fires were uncontrollable. These megafires af...Lasīt vairāk
Forest fires cause ecological, economic, and social damage to various states of the international community. The causes of forest fires are rather varied, but the main factor is human activity in settlements, industrial facilities, objects of transp...Lasīt vairāk
On November 8, 2018, a town of 27,000 people was swallowed by the ferocious Camp Fire. Fire in Paradise is an intimate account of Paradise, California, and a community lost to devastating wildfire. What happened in Paradise was unprecedented in Ameri...Lasīt vairāk
Provides a comprehensive approach of forest fire danger prediction using mathematical models of forest fuel, with consideration to anthropogenic load storm activity and meteorological parameters. Specifically, the book uses the deterministic-probabi...Lasīt vairāk
A troubling story of the devastating and compounding effects of climate change in the Western and Rocky Mountain states, told through in-depth reportage and conversations with ecologists, professional forest managers, park service scientists, burn...Lasīt vairāk
An account of the 2018 Camp Fire that razed the town of Paradise, California draws on hundreds of interviews with residents, firefighters, police and scientific experts to document its horrific impact, including the establishment of an unfolding refu...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Apr-2020, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: University of Arizona Press, ISBN-13: 9780816540129)
Reprints selected, lightly edited, essays from the 9 regional volumes of the series that speak with special power for each region, plus one new essay on the 2017-18 fire season in California. To the Last Smoke offers a unique and sweeping vi...Lasīt vairāk
The author of The Natural History of the Pacific Northwest Mountains examines the devastating effects of climate change in the Western and Rocky Mountain states, drawing on in-depth reportage to illuminate the essential work of todays activists. (na...Lasīt vairāk
To understand the catastrophic processes of forest fire danger, different deterministic, probabilistic, and empiric models must be used. Simulating various surface and crown forest fires using predictive information technology could lead to the impr...Lasīt vairāk
