Topic: Fire
The Black-backed woodpecker blends perfectly with its favorite habitat — burned forests. In fact, stark black trees are the breath of life for what some call nature’s fire bird. Find out more,
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- The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology (9-12)
Wildfire has a variety of ways it interacts with the landscape. Sometimes it can creep along or rage at breakneck speed. A scientist talks about what happens when fire soars into the dense crowns of trees — today on Earth and Sky.
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- PreK-8 Guide
- The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
The El Nino phenomenon of 1997-98 unleashed torrential rain in some parts of the world, while creating abnormally dry conditions in others. And it sparked record numbers of wildfires. Learn more about climate and wildfire — today on Earth and Sky.
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- PreK-8 Guide
- The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
Some scientists are predicting that this year will be a big one for wildfires in the western U.S. A new way to track them — and how to see daily maps of wildfires — on today’s Earth and Sky.
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- PreK-8 Guide
- The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
Fire was a creation of life — born from oxygen and organic matter — ignited by lightning. Thus fire has been a fundamental feature of the Earth for at least 400 million years. A scientist talks about fire — today on Earth and Sky.
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- PreK-8 Guide
- The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
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