"Thirty-six large fires ≥ 10,000 ha generated 95% of annual area burned. Individually, these fires exhibited sizes, fire weather, and behaviour consistent with historical fires; there were simply far more of them in 2023." (Beverly & Schroeder 2024) #Alberta #wildfires2023 https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjfr-2024-0099

"the Canadian fires released more carbon in five months than Russia or Japan emitted from fossil fuels in all of 2022" #Canadafires #Wildfires2023 #earthobservation
https://www.nasa.gov/earth/new-nasa-study-tallies-carbon-emissions-from-massive-canadian-fires/

Global News BC: Officials to give live update on West Kelowna area wildfire mapped at 12K hectares https://globalnews.ca/news/9911984/central-okanagan-wildfires-updates-aug-22-2023/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #CentralOkanaganwildfiresupdates #McDougallCreekwildfire #BCWildfireService #OKANAGANWILDFIRES #centralokanagan #McDougallCreek #wildfires2023 #BCwildfires #lakecountry #WestKelowna #McKindley #Okanagan #Kelowna #Fire

Global News BC: Wildfires in B.C., N.W.T. causing ‘apocalyptic devastation,’ Trudeau says https://globalnews.ca/news/9909414/wildfires-bc-nwt-apocalyptic-devastation-trudeau/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Canadawildfireseason #BCWildfireupdate #B.C.wildfires #JustinTrudeau #wildfires2023 #NWTWildfires #CanadaNews #Wildfires #Politics #NWTFires #Weather #BCfires #Canada #Fire

Global News BC: Eagle Bluff wildfire near Osoyoos classified as held https://globalnews.ca/news/9885885/eagle-bluff-wildfire-near-osoyoos-classified-as-held/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #EagleBluffWildfire #OrvilleWashington #wildfires2023 #BCWildfire #osoyoos #060.6 #Fire #BC #7

Global News BC: In the line of fire: Firefighters face perilous conditions amid record season https://globalnews.ca/news/9869441/canada-firefighter-deaths-dangers-wildfires/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #canadianfirefighterskilled #Canadafirefighters #firefighterdeaths #WildfiresInCanada #Albertawildfire #Canadawildfires #WildfireSeason #wildfires2023 #Firefighters #WildfireNews #Environment #BCWildfire #Wildfires #Canada

Global News BC: Thousands still displaced across Canada due to wildfires while many return home https://globalnews.ca/news/9773078/canada-wildfire-evacuation-orders-lifted/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #wildfireevacuations #Albertawildifres #Canadawildfires #WildfireSeason #wildifreupdate #B.C.wildfires #ClimateChange #wildfires2023 #Environment #CanadaNews #BillBlair #Wildfires #Canada #Fires

The Tyee: Please Advise! Has Smoke Put Canada on the US Enemies’ List? https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/06/09/Please-Advise-Smoke-Canada-US-Enemies-List/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #MarjorieTaylorGreene #NewYorksmokyskies #TheIngrahamAngle #wildfires2023 #RhonaRaskin #SteveMilloy