Where there is smoke...
Forest fires could have unexpected effects on the world s climate
Forest fires could have unexpected effects on the world s climate
the threat from three forest fires that forced evacuation of 4,500 families on the east coast of Spain between Alicante and Valencia is waning, newspaper reports said. Two fires, thought to
Indonesia is once again engulfed by forest fires
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement urged the international community to help it extinguish a huge fire raging in the eastern forests. Reports on what caused the fire in the Paich valley of
The prolonged dry spell and the history of forest fires were clear warnings that went unheeded. And thousands of hectares of forests were charred in the hills of Uttarakhand
April 26 recorded the highest temperature for the day during the past 30 years in Kathmandu. The mercury hit a scorching 35.6
Fires ravage forests in many parts of northern India
ground fire of an unusual kind burnt to ashes full grown grass and small plants in over 1,000 hectares (ha) of the 20,000-ha Gautala Wildlife Sanctuary in Aurangabad's Kannad tehsil of
Bushfires continue to rage in Australia, leaving a trail of destruction
Just when we thought that the threat to the ozone layer is over, it rears it head again. Vast forest fires in Indonesia over the last year have produced a large cloud of an ozone-destroying chemical,
Unusual weather conditions have led to fire outbreaks in several parts of the world, the latest being Florida
The number of bush and forest fires in Malaysia has reduced drastically. The government has made serious efforts to combat the problem. "In the last two months, the fire department has responded to
The fires raging in north Florida, usa, have had a devastating ecological impact. Firefighters are battling wildfires, aggravated by the El Ni
As efforts to control the fires that have ravaged jungles and grasslands in Central America fail miserably, the misery mounts
the most devastating wildfires in seven decades are raging across Mexico and Central America, gobbling millions of acres of forests and grasslands, closing international airports and pushing
Wildfires and a prolonged drought spurred by the El Ni
About 70 per cent of forest fires have been estinguished, not just by the rains but because there is nothing left to burn, says Murdiansyah, an official of the East Kalimanthan Environemnt
Is it the hand of God, or the soiled hand of man? The buck is being passed even as flames stretching hundreds and hundreds of kilometres threaten lives, livestock and forests the world over, from Brazil to Indonesia. El Ni o is frequently blamed, but
Once again, El Ni
The fires in Brazil and in Indonesia speak volumes of what happens when humans try to make a living by killing forests and neglecting the poor