Dark days at noon : the future of fire /

"The catastrophic runaway wildfires advancing through North America and other parts of the world are not unprecedented. Fires loomed large once human activity began to warm the climate in the 1820s, leading to an aggressive firefighting strategy that has left many of the continent's forest...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Struzik, Edward, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022.
Temas:
Wildfires > Canada > History.
Wildfires > Canada > Prevention and control > History.
Wildfires > United States > History.
Wildfires > United States > Prevention and control > History.
Feux de friches > Canada > Histoire.
Feux de friches > États-Unis > Histoire.
Wildfires.
Wildfires > Prevention and control.
NATURE / Ecology.
Canada.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prelude to the dark days at noon
  • The fire triangle
  • More dark days coming
  • The big burn
  • Big burns in Canada
  • Paiute forestry
  • Fire suppression
  • The Civilian Conservation Corps
  • Canada's Conservation Corps
  • The fall of the dominion forest service
  • The Royal Commission into Wildfire
  • White man's fire
  • International co-operation
  • Blue moon and blue sun
  • Nuclear winter
  • Yellowstone : a turning point
  • Big and small grizzlies
  • Climate and the age of megafire
  • The Holy Shit Fire
  • The Pyrocene
  • Nuclear winter : part two
  • Owls and clear-cuts
  • Water on fire
  • The Arctic on fire
  • The big smoke
  • Fire news
  • Conclusion.

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