Tag: Wildfires
Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher
CACONDE, Brazil -- Silvio Almeida’s coffee plantation sits at an ideal altitude on a Brazilian hillside, whose clay-rich soil does well at retaining...
New sensors co-developed by Google aim to detect wildfires everywhere much faster
Next year, even wildfires won’t be able to hide from Google. The company is working with Muon Space, the Earth Fire Alliance, and...
AP PHOTOS: A ferocious blaze scars the land outside Greece’s capital
MARATHON, Greece -- In the blackened remains of his workshop, sculptor Vangelis Ilias stacks what little is left of years of his efforts.In...
Hawaii lawmakers say Congress should replenish disaster relief fund to help Maui and others recover
HONOLULU -- Hawaii's congressional representatives on Wednesday said the nation’s disaster relief fund needs to be replenished so the U.S. government can continue...
Wildfires are growing under climate change, and their smoke threatens farmworkers, study says
LOS ANGELES -- As wildfires scorched swaths of land in the wine country of Sonoma County in 2020, sending ash flying and choking...
A wildfire near Greece's capital darkens the skies over Athens and advances fast
ATHENS, Greece -- The smell of smoke and soot pervaded Athens, with the sky darkening as a wildfire burned northeast of the Greek...