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Dr. Mathieu Bourbonnais isn’t going to rehash what everyone in the Central Okanagan already knows about wildfires when he opens the three-day Wildfire Coexistence Symposium in Kelowna next week.

On a rainy Friday in April, industry executives and government officials were sitting on the fourth floor of a Vancouver casino hotel. From the stage, a pitch for the future of forestry was on repeat: what if logging companies could be the heroes who saved British Columbia from wildfires?

B.C. and Canadian forestry associations aim to tell a story that places them as the 'hero' in a fight against wildfires. One critic says the strategy is 'mendacious and dangerous.'

Climate warming, a result of increasing greenhouse gas emissions, is causing significant shifts in the composition of plant species with different traits worldwide. These changes are particularly pronounced in colder or higher elevation regions, where their effects are magnified. Understanding the impact of these warming-induced changes in plant community structure and traits on the ability of ecosystems to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere remains a key challenge.

The University of Oklahoma has announced its graduation schedule for the Class of 2024.

Canada’s logging industry is seeking a wildfire ‘hero’ narrative

The University of Oklahoma has announced its graduation schedule for the Class of 2024.

The technology of the time helped meteorologists warn residents — preventing hundreds of additional deaths, by some estimates. But in the 25 years since, that technology has transformed, giving meteorologists

The atlas set has been integrated into the digital lunar cloud platform built by Chinese scientists, and will serve lunar scientific research and science education, as well as landing site selection...

B.C. and Canadian forestry associations aim to reframe their reputation using a 'hero' narrative in fight against wildfires.