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The #yorkfire is the largest to burn through the eastern #Mojave in recorded history, surpassing the 71,000-acre #Hackberry complex fire of 2005 and searing through a delicate #ecosystem already strained by #invasive #species and the #burning of #fossilfuels.
#ClimateCrisis #DeterioratingCarbonSinks #AcceleratingKeelingCurve
#yorkfire #mojave #hackberry #ecosystem #invasive #species #burning #fossilfuels #climatecrisis #deterioratingcarbonsinks #acceleratingkeelingcurve
From Fox Weather.com: “Monsoon rains muting York Fire behavior as flames continue spread across Mojave National Preserve”
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/york-fire-mojave-national-preserve-california-nevada
Flash #flood warning directly over the #YorkFire (same fire that had a fire whirl/firenado yesterday). #FlashFlood #wildfires #CAwx #NVwx
#flood #yorkfire #flashflood #wildfires #cawx #nvwx
#YorkFire #FireWhirl (via Mojave National Preserve). #wildfires #CAwx #NVwx
#yorkfire #firewhirl #wildfires #cawx #nvwx
From Los Angeles Times: “As Joshua trees burn, massive wildfire threatens to forever alter Mojave Desert”
#wildfires #yorkfire #mojave #california #climatechange
#fire #whirl out on #YorkFire yesterday #wildfires https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/why-fire-whirls-form
#fire #whirl #yorkfire #wildfires
The fire is 80,437 acres and 23% contained. In the evening there was increased activity which could happen again due to winds from monsoonal weather behavior. Fire is backing down Crescent peak away from the NV border.
#YorkFire
California's biggest wildfire so far this year is in the Mojave. That's an area which used to only see fire very rarely; spacing between plants meant that you'd see lightning light one on fire, but it wouldn't spread.
Introduced gasses and mustard have changed that, as they now provide fuel between the larger plants, allowing fires to spread in places where they historically wouldn't. Add hot dry winds and you get #wildfires
#yorkfire #california #mojave #wildfires
I can taste the smoke when I go outside. As a Californian from San Diego big fires are nothing new to me but still... #YorkFire
#YorkFire on 7/29/2023 via Sentinel-2 (much larger now). #MojaveNationalPreserve #wildfire (more than 70,000 acres) - shortwave infrared to show off heat.
#yorkfire #mojavenationalpreserve #Wildfire
70,000+ acres now for #YorkFire in the Mojave National Preserve. #CAwx #NVwx https://www.ktnv.com/news/wildfire-in-mojave-desert-causes-traffic-delays-smoky-skies-in-las-vegas-valley