Fire in the desert - PNAS
Mar 13, 2024 · Fueled by invasive grasses and climate change, desert fires are growing larger and more dangerous. On a punishingly hot day this June in Scottsdale, AZ, construction crews cutting rebar with a grinder accidentally set the desert ablaze.
Crews are battling ‘fire whirls’ in California’s Mojave Desert
Aug 1, 2023 · Crews battled “fire whirls” in California’s Mojave National Preserve as a massive wildfire crossed into Nevada amid dangerously high temperatures and raging winds.
WIldfires are burning more often in desert elevations, study says
Jun 7, 2024 · These wildfires — two of Arizona’s most destructive — burned over 100,000 acres each and further signaled a transformation in the Sonoran Desert that scientists have feared for decades.
Joshua trees burned by York Fire across Mojave Desert in ... - CNN
Aug 3, 2023 · It began Friday in the New York Mountains of California’s Mojave National Preserve and crossed state lines into Nevada on Sunday. The fire is burning through and threatening groves of Joshua...
The Mojave Desert is burning in California's biggest fire of year ...
Jul 31, 2023 · California’s biggest wildfire of the year — burning through delicate Joshua tree forests along the California-Nevada border — is an unusual desert blaze being fueled in part by the rapid growth...
Fire in the Sonoran Desert - Southwest Fire Science Consortium
May 22, 2024 · An ecological transition from desertscrub to grassland has begun, which creates management and societal challenges as fire becomes a part of the ecology of the Sonoran Desert. Here, we summarize the history and trends of fire in the Sonoran Desert and discuss future conservation strategies.
York Fire in Mojave Preserve desert | Maps, Updates - abc10.com
Jul 31, 2023 · CALIFORNIA, USA — A wildfire in San Bernardino County continues to burn within the Mojave National Preserve. The so-called York Fire has grown to 77,000 acres as of July 31. It sparked on private...
How large fires are altering the face of California’s Mojave Desert
Mar 19, 2024 · Since 2005, more than 200,000 acres have burned in and around the Mojave National Preserve; fires have destroyed lush pinyon pine and juniper woodlands, desert tortoise habitat and ancient...
High Desert Fire Status Update Reports
Jul 1, 2024 · Emergency? Call 911.
Fire in the desert - PMC - PubMed Central (PMC)
On a punishingly hot day this June in Scottsdale, AZ, construction crews cutting rebar with a grinder accidentally set the desert ablaze. What began with the shower of sparks from metal-on-metal quickly ignited the dry scrub around a development site …