Mohammad Reza Alizadeh

Mohammad Reza Alizadeh /channels/taxonomy/term/23890/all en Canada and Quebec are preparing for another heavy forest fire season /channels/channels/news/canada-and-quebec-are-preparing-another-heavy-forest-fire-season-356742 No one can say for sure whether Canada’s 2024 wildfire season will be as devastating as last year, when 15 million hectares of forest burned and over 230,000 people had to be evacuated from their communities, but the relative lack of snow this winter, drought conditions in several regions and an early start to fire season have officials on high alert. Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:04:26 +0000 webfull 199374 at /channels ‘Business as usual is not going to cut it’: Niki Ashton on feds’ economic update and wildfires /channels/channels/news/business-usual-not-going-cut-it-niki-ashton-feds-economic-update-and-wildfires-353188 As the ash settles on Canada’s record wildfire season, “business as usual from the federal government is not going to cut it,” NDP MP Niki Ashton <a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/11/23/news/business-usual-not-going-cut-it-niki-ashton-feds-economic-wildfires">told </a><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/11/23/news/business-usual-not-going-cut-it-niki-ashton-feds-economic-wildfires">Canada’s National Observer</a>. Thu, 30 Nov 2023 20:22:00 +0000 webfull 195281 at /channels Climate change made weather conditions that powered Quebec fires twice as likely, scientists say /channels/channels/news/climate-change-made-weather-conditions-powered-quebec-fires-twice-likely-scientists-say-350248 The record-setting wildfires that ripped through Quebec this summer were made more likely and more intense by human-caused climate change, according to <a href="http://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/bitstream/10044/1/105981/7/scientific%20report%20-%20Canada%20wildfires.pdf" target="_blank">a new analysis</a> conducted by 16 researchers within the World Weather Attribution group, from universities and meteorological agencies in Canada, the Netherlands, the U.K. and the U.S. Mon, 28 Aug 2023 19:34:09 +0000 webfull 191559 at /channels Canada’s devastating wildfire season prompts calls for new approach /channels/channels/news/canadas-devastating-wildfire-season-prompts-calls-new-approach-349685 The wildfires that ravaged Canada this summer have some experts calling for a more aggressive approach than the country has applied in the past. This year, nearly 30 million acres have burned across Canada. In eastern provinces such as Quebec, where blazes are less common, wildfire agencies that are equipped to fight fewer and smaller fires were largely unprepared for the circumstances. Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:43:28 +0000 webfull 191144 at /channels Experts: Quebec summer forecast calls for heat, humidity and severe thunderstorms /channels/channels/news/experts-quebec-summer-forecast-calls-heat-humidity-and-severe-thunderstorms-339717 A hot, "unstable and sticky" summer awaits Quebecers, according to The Weather Network, which predicts periods of abundant heat, often followed by severe thunderstorms. This will be the "fifth consecutive summer where temperatures will be above seasonal normals, which has never happened since we started compiling data" in 1942, according to André Monette, chief meteorologist at The Weather Network. (<a href="https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-summer-forecast-calls-for-heat-humidity-and-severe-thunderstorms-1.5925670" target="_blank">CTV News</a>) Wed, 01 Jun 2022 16:33:19 +0000 webfull 180346 at /channels New study reveals the poor hit hardest by heat waves /channels/channels/news/new-study-reveals-poor-hit-hardest-heat-waves-337824 In a new study, our team of climate scientists, economists and engineers (including BRE’s Mohammad Reza Alizadeh and Jan F. Adamowski]) found that the poorest parts of the world are likely to be two to five times more exposed to heat waves than richer countries by the 2060s. By the end of the century, the lowest-income quarter of the global population’s heat exposure will almost match that of the entire rest of the world. Fri, 18 Feb 2022 20:29:29 +0000 webfull 178098 at /channels Mountain fires burning higher at unprecedented rates /channels/channels/news/mountain-fires-burning-higher-unprecedented-rates-331540 Forest fires have crept higher up mountains over the past few decades, scorching areas previously too wet to burn, according to researchers from ��ϲ�� University. As wildfires advance uphill, a staggering 11% of all Western U.S. forests are now at risk. Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 webfull 171149 at /channels Disastrous duo: heatwaves and droughts /channels/channels/news/disastrous-duo-heatwaves-and-droughts-324956 Simultaneous heatwaves and droughts are becoming increasingly common in western parts of the United States, according to a new study led by researchers from ��ϲ�� University. Periods of dry and hot weather, which can make wildfires more likely, are becoming larger, more intense, and more frequent because of climate change. Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:50:22 +0000 webfull 163810 at /channels