Extreme fire conditions converged in suburban neighborhoods built into the forests, shrubland and grasslands and quickly spread.
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Heat waves do more than dry out vegetation that can easily burn. They also play a role in lightning strikes, particularly dry lightning.
A resiliência é frequentemente apresentada como um ato de coragem e resistência. Mas práticas cotidianas, como escrever um diário, redigir um texto ou mesmo fazer uma simples lista de tarefas, são manifestações da capacidade de adaptação.
Resilience is often presented as feats of bravery and endurance. But everyday practices like journaling, drafting a text or even writing a to-do list are manifestations of a capacity to adapt.
Even though you may mostly hear about fires in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia, it’s Africa that has far and away the most acreage burned and people exposed to fire.
Le manioc pourrait être une culture idéale, mais il présente un inconvénient : son potentiel toxique. Heureusement, depuis des millénaires, l’ingéniosité humaine l’a rendu comestible.
The resilience of digital supply chains are given little attention, despite its critical role in the global economy.
As muitas vantagens da mandioca parecem fazer dela a cultura ideal, exceto por uma desvantagem: ela é altamente venenosa. A engenhosidade humana tornou a mandioca comestível por milênios.
Cassava’s many assets would seem to make it the ideal crop, except for one drawback: It’s highly poisonous. Human ingenuity has made cassava edible for millennia.
The universe is expanding faster than physicists would expect. To figure out what processes underlie this fast expansion rate, some researchers are first trying to rule out what processes can’t.
Alarmingly, about half the people exposed to wildfires in Washington and Oregon were those least able to afford to protect their homes, evacuate safely and recover.
Many families in the US encountered empty shelves when they went in search of infant formula during COVID-19.
Megalodon, the world’s largest known shark species, swam the oceans long before humans existed. Its teeth are all that’s left, and they tell a story of an apex predator that vanished.
La duración de la temporada de incendios ha aumentado en casi todas las regiones del mundo.
Fire weather reason – when wildfires are most likely to strike – has expanded almost everywhere.
From pulling carbon dioxide out of the air to turning water into fuel, innovators are developing new technologies and pairing existing ones to help slow global warming.
Covering the state’s canals with solar panels would reduce evaporation of precious water and help meet renewable energy goals – all while saving money.
The risk from heat waves is about more than intensity – being able to cool off is essential, and that’s hard to find in many low-income areas of the world.
This is a transcript of The Conversation Weekly podcast episode published on January 20 2022.
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, Merced
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate and Hydrology, University of California, Merced
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Postdoctoral Research Scholar, University of California, Merced
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Head of Digital Curation and Scholarship, UC Merced, University of California, Merced
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies, University of California, Merced
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of California, Merced
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Doctoral Student in Health Psychology, University of California, Merced
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Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced
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Assistant Professor, University of California, Merced
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Ph.D. Student in Management of Complex Systems, University of California, Merced
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Wildfires and Complex Systems, University of California, Merced
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Distinguished Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Physics, University of California, Merced
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Assistant Professor of Paleoecology, University of California, Merced
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Associate professor, University of California, Merced