Society must anticipate: prepare not for this year's climate but for the future climates. 🧵
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This Christmas you get to hear what your right wing racist relatives think about Burnham giving the homeless somewhere to stay…. I think we can guess their thoughts…..
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Friday's fire is taking place on the site of one of the longest and most costly single battles in the US military's history.That's why the area is strewn with unexploded munitions from World War II that are at risk of exploding, both aiding the fire's spread and potentially endangering emergency services.
The Battle of Hürtgen Forest, or Schlacht im Hürtgenwald in German, was a three-month push by US forces. They were trying at first to pin down German forces and stop them providing reinforcements in the nearby Battle of Aachen, and then later to push through the forest and advance to the Rur River.
The September-December 1944 battle tried to get through heavy fortifications as part of what the Allies knew as the Siegfried Line, a series of defensive structures that served as one of Nazi Germany's last effective lines of defense as Allied forces tried to move east toward Berlin after the D-Day landings.
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Firefighters tackling the biggest forest fire in the history of North-Rhine Westfalia say residents are unlikely to be able to return on Friday amid high temperatures, humidity and wind. DW has the latest.Mark Hallam (dw.com)
Burning soil and peat drove most emissions in Canada's record 2023 wildfire season, study finds phys.org/news/2026-07-soil-pea…
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Most of the carbon released during Canada's record-breaking 2023 wildfire season came from burning soil and peat, rather than trees, according to new research from McMaster University.McMaster University (Phys.org)
SPOKANE WILDFIRE UPDATE:
Three major fires (Old Trails, Autumn Lane, Fairview) have torched 600+ structures and forced ~60,000 evacuations across Spokane County since Aug. 1.
No deaths/serious injuries confirmed, but Autumn Lane remains highly active. Air quality hit "very unhealthy" levels.
Gov. Ferguson requested federal/FEMA aid; some evacuation levels are being downgraded as crews gain ground. Community relief efforts have raised $1.55M. 🙏
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After a Colorado #fire, aerial photos showed vast swathes of the forest burnt to ash. But surrounding devastation remained a green oasis that escaped the blaze, thanks to beavers
#Beavers build dams, dig channels and transform small streams into broad wetland areas. This helps keep plants lush and green, even throughout long periods of drought.
It means when a #wildfire ignites, the green vegetation near the beaver ponds will be much harder to burn compared to dried-out areas.
Experts say that #fires will often take the path of least resistance
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Beavers’ penchant for dam building has created natural fire breaks across Europe, which could help tackle deadly blazes.Liam Gilliver (euronews)
A fast-moving wildfire reached Spokane, Washington. Thousands of people had to leave their homes. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed. Strong winds made the fire harder to stop. About 60,000 people lost power. Emergency shelters opened for evacuees. No injuries were reported. Thick smoke covered the city. The governor declared a state of emergency. Washington is facing its fourth year of severe drought, making wildfires more dangerous.
#usa #Washington #wildfire #danger #climate #crisis #emergency
In three years in Canada, climate wildfires burned more forest than a hundred of years of forestry, in the forest cutting country.
Climate global warming is turning forests across the world into kindling.
Carbon fueled climate heat.
Mismanaged over cutting is bad. Burning oil is worse. Far worse.
We must bring the end of oil faster, building rhe sun and windfarms as if for war.
