(Bloomberg) — A massive fire blazing across the Texas Panhandle and parts of Oklahoma this week spans nearly 1.1 million acres (1,700 square miles), making it the largest fire in Texas history. The inferno, dubbed the Smokehouse Creek Fire, is so big that it’s visible from space. The imagery, which shows thermal hotspots linked to …
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By Carlyn Kranking Assistant Editor, Science and Innovation As darkness descends across the eastern coast of Australia, thousands of gray-headed flying foxes take to the skies. Armed with a keen sense of smell and sharp night vision, they roam to find food after resting all day. Some might travel as far as 30 miles in …
By Carlyn Kranking Assistant Editor, Science and Innovation As darkness descends across the eastern coast of Australia, thousands of gray-headed flying foxes take to the skies. Armed with a keen sense of smell and sharp night vision, they roam to find food after resting all day. Some might travel as far as 30 miles in …
In response to the worsening air quality caused by hundreds of wildfires in Canada, Google has advised its employees in the northeastern portion of the United States to work from home. New York City, in particular, has experienced the worst air quality globally, with smoky haze enveloping the city. In an internal memo seen by …
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John Vaillant, author of “Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World,” captured a monumental event on video during the notorious Australian bush fire season of 2002-2003. The phenomenon that Tom Bates captured on film had not been named until that moment; it was later labeled “pyro-tornadogenesis.” This was the first ever recorded sighting …