#H5N1 #AvianFlu #MaskUp #Dachshund #Dackel #Teckel #DogsOfMastodon

Lo and behold, just attaching the (fish-form) mask with its own ear loops to the muzzle did the trick.

Not sure if useful during #Forestfires

*Forest graciously agreed to the brief photo shoot on the condition that no mobile phone was used in the process and was generously compensated immediately afterwards.

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From the Fraser Valley Current

Bureaucracy and 'balls': Why BC's forests are still full of wildfire fuel
BC says controlled burns can save communities; but bureaucracy and inaction has hobbled efforts to clear forests of fuel
Author

Tyler Olsen
August 31, 2023

Of all the ways to protect BC communities from increasingly furious wildfire seasons, few have been as widely endorsed as the tactical, controlled use of fire.

#forestfires #controlledburn

What can we learn from this summer of wildfires? https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/podcast/what-can-we-learn-from-this-summer-of-wildfires/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BeyondtheByline #Biodiversity #ecosystems #Europe #forestfires

@Sunny It is a poly crisis that is unfolding. #climatechange, #water crises, #forestfires #airpollution #SoilLoss , #healthcrisis … All linked together and reinforcing one another. Do we have a comprehensive solution?

California deploys AI-powered wildfire detection systems - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images)

California's main firefighting ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1962998 #aidetectors #forestfires #california #wildfire #science #biz⁢ #tech #ai

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-24/canada-worst-wildfire-season-foreign-correspondent/102748250 “Canada’s 2023 #FireSeason has smashed all records. Almost 6,000 individual fires have broken out all over the country. Fifteen million hectares of forest — an area more than twice the size of Tasmania — has been charred.

“By far, it’s the worst #ForestFires in [#Canada’s] recorded history,” #BCWildfire

Climate-fueled wildfires lead to rethink on firefighting tactics

https://www.dw.com/en/climate-fueled-wildfires-lead-to-rethink-on-firefighting-tactics/a-66575703?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#wildfires #climatechange #forestfires #naturaldisasters #resilience

France is currently facing a late summer heatwave with the potential for record-breaking temperatures in various regions, particularly in the southern parts of the country.

#France #Heatwave #ForestFires #Health #FranceBraces

https://www.ganganews.com/environment/france-braces-for-late-summer-heatwave/

Put this in perspective.
🔥 🌴 🔥 #Maui #forestfires #laser
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cv78e90L5Tj/

@straphanger @kim_harding I didn't see that one coming

And biomass burning -- which occurs mainly as a result of tropical forest fires, deforestation, savannah and shrub fires -- emits large amounts of organic carbon particles that block solar radiation.

So #forestfires cause short-time #climatechange cooling.
After which of course the opposite

For the MAGAs, Canada's not burning this summer for lack of a rake.

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There are complex reasons for our dire wildfires, but scientists say climate change plays key role

Forest management practices contribute to record-breaking fires, but 'it's really all about the weather'

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wildfire-factors-climate-change-1.6939911

#ForestFires #BC #NWT #NorthwestTerritories #BritishColumbia #Evacuation #Yellowknife #burning #climatechange #ClimateCrisis #weather #climate

Spain and Portugal are facing their third summer heatwave, with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius in some areas. This extreme heat fuels forest fires that have burned thousands of hectares of land and forced evacuations in both countries. The heatwave and the fires are linked to climate change, which increases the frequency and intensity of such events and poses serious threats to people, wildlife, and ecosystems. #Heatwave #ForestFires #Iberia https://www.barrons.com/news/record-heat-warning-as-forest-fires-rage-in-spain-and-portugal-1e2f2fba?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FArchetypes

A Canadian govt minister on Fri demanded that #Meta lift a #ban on Canadian #news from its platforms to allow people to share info about major #ForestFires….

Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez told a briefing that the ban was "unacceptable". Meta started blocking news on its #Facebook & #Instagram platforms for all users in #Canada earlier this month in response to a law requiring internet giants to pay for news articles.

#NewsBan
https://www.reuters.com/technology/canada-demands-meta-lift-ban-news-allow-fires-info-be-shared-2023-08-18/

#climate crisis #forestfires #canadawildfires #climaterefugees
In Canada, 20,000 people in a single city will have to flee the forest fires.
They are the refugees of climate change.
When will politicians around the world finally act?!
We are in the midst of a global refugee crisis caused by war and extreme weather events, caused by climate change.
It is now also hitting the western hemisphere with full force.

Forest Fire Evacuation in Yellowknife, Canada #Canada #ForestFires #Fires #Yellowknife #Emergency https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/photos/in-photos-yellowknife-evacuations-underway-as-wildfires-spread-1.6938917

Thinking about #forestfires in #canada today. 10 y ago, Rick Schneider put out a report predicting what would happen to the #ecoregions of #Alberta because of 🌡️ #climatechange.
It shocked me 🤯 to see how much more #grassland there would be and how much less 🌲#BorealForest by 2050.
In 2023, I think we’re seeing how this massive #ecological transition plays out. Those trees don’t just disappear- they 🔥 #burn.
And as they burn, they release massive amounts of #carbon.

As we reach the pinnacle of what #capitalism has to offer - as the business as usual business leaders such as Rishi Sunak try to double down on their ecocidel policies. As #ForestFires & #foods become the new "normal". As it becomes evidently obvious that the climate is going from bad to worse, spare of thought for those that caused the #ClimateCrisis

How will their rhetoric change? How can they gaslight people that, for example, deciding over decades to keep funding #BigOil wasn't their fault

“The average temperature for the globe in July is forecast to be about 1.5 C above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) level — before the planet was warmed by burning coal, oil and gas and other human activities.”
#novascotia #nsstorm #flood #forestfires #cdnpoli #nspoli #climatecrisis
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/weather-snoddon-warmestmonth-1.6926147

American Psychological Association validated #book

Lee, K., & Ashton, M. C. (2012). The H factor of personality: Why some people are manipulative, self-entitled, materialistic, and exploitive—and why it matters for everyone. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2012-34653-000

Purchase https://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/T/The-H-Factor-of-Personality

Tell (manipulative & harmful) Big Oil: Stop Fueling #ForestFires

We can't sit back and watch our communities go up in smoke while corporate profits soar. https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/climate-deception-dossiers

During the lockdowns, the average person in rich countries longed for "normal". Post lockdowns, many "normal" folk got back to "normal". e.g., choose to drive their "normal" diesel vehicles to go on holiday.

Human activities ("normal") are emitting huge amounts of CO2 & CH4 ( greenhouse gases) into the atmosphere, causing global heating which is causing, e.g., more #forestfires that are emitting huge amounts of #CO2 into the atmosphere.

"Normal" is #ecocide

#psychology #climate