Maui wildfire leaves behind

[ad_1] Weeks after a devastating wildfire ripped across the historic Maui town of Lahaina, residents are working to pick up the pieces of their homes’ and businesses’ remains. But the threat of the wildfire isn’t over just yet – now, they’re facing “toxic air.”  Wildfire smoke is known to cause a range of health issues,…

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जंगलों की आग बुझाने के लिए AI का किया जा रहा इस्तेमाल, कैसे?

[ad_1] AI does wildfire spotting: AI हर क्षेत्र में अहम भूमिका निभा रहा है. पढ़ाई-लिखाई से लेकर मेडिकल और लीगल फील्ड में भी इसका इस्तेमाल किया जा रहा है. इस बीच ये खबर सामने है कि AI का इस्तेमाल प्राकृतिक आपदाओं से निपटने के लिए भी किया जा रहा है. दरअसल, कैलिफोर्निया में जंगलो की…

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Wildfire smoke impacts more than our health — it also costs workers over $100B a year. Here’s why.

[ad_1] With the smoke from burning Canadian forests enveloping the U.S. Northeast, major cities fell silent this week. Public schools canceled outdoor activities, companies sent workers home, performances were postponed, libraries shut their doors and professional baseball games were canceled. Such disruptions in ordinary urban life illustrates the wide-ranging economic toll of climate change, which experts…

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Wildfire smoke costs U.S. workers more than $100 billion a year in pay

[ad_1] With the smoke from burning Canadian forests enveloping much of the U.S. Northeast, public schools in New York City and Washington, D.C., canceled outdoor activities, some companies told employees to work from home and professional baseball teams scrapped games. Such disruptions in ordinary urban life illustrates the wide-ranging economic toll of climate change, which experts say…

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