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Did Wildfires Spark the Invention of Pottery?
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (475+ words) Pottery is one of the most important early technological innovations in human history. Combining clay with fire allowed Neolithic people to create water-carrying vessels, cooking pots, storage contain... Pottery is one of the most important early technological innovations in human…...
Wildfire strategy doesn’t need a winner – it needs an interconnected system of actions (Opinion)
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (792+ words) By Tony Cheng and Matt Thompson One of the problems with how America deals with wildfires is thinking there is one primary strategy that can end the nation’s wildfire crisis. Whether that’s detecting and putting out every fire fast, increasing…...
Willow Fire Ignites in Mendocino County, California
20+ hour, 25+ min ago (249+ words) A wildfire reported Friday on private land in Mendocino County was identified as the Willow Fire. It was first reported at 2:23 p.m. on September 18, according to information cited by The Sacramento Bee from the National Interagency Fire Center. The cause was…...
Moderate magnitude 4.9 earthquake strikes near Mongar, Mongar Dzongkhag, Bhutan
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California is losing its oaks. One man is planting 10,000, including in tree-scarce Altadena
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (609+ words) Ten thousand times, Jim Crouch has picked up an acorn. Ten thousand times, he’s planted that acorn. And 10,000 is about the number of oak seedlings he’s entrusted to the hands of people who pledged to care for the tree that…...
HURRICANE CENTER: Likely New System Forms Very East Of Florida
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (23+ words) BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — A new system is likely to become a tropical depression — very east of Florida —...
Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Pages 9286: A Deep Learning-Based Fire Detection Method for Power Distribution Substations
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (253+ words) Reliable fire detection is essential for ensuring the safe operation of power distribution substations. This study proposes a fire recognition framework for substation surveillance environments. First, an illumination adaptation module is introduced to enhance feature representation under varying illumination conditions....
Breaking: Encina Fire reported in Butte County on Sep. 18
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (69+ words) First discovered: 10:24 a.m. Sep. 18 Initial location: Butte County, Calif. A new wildfire was reported today at 10:24 a.m. in Butte County, California. Encina Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, there is no information on the containment of the fire…...
Everything to know about the Floriston Fire as of Friday morning
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (290+ words) The Floriston Fire broke out on Wednesday, quickly burning 640 acres as of Friday morning near Floriston, an area next to Interstate 80 on the California-Nevada border. I-80 westbound was closed part of the day Wednesday and throughout Thursday and prompted multiple evacuation…...
Floriston Fire 15% contained; evacuation orders, warnings downgraded
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (449+ words) The Floriston Fire in northeastern California continues to burn in Truckee Canyon along Interstate 80 on Friday. The fire is burning just west of the Nevada-California state line, about 9 miles east of Truckee, California, and 19 miles southwest of Reno. It is…...