Wildfire smoke has been linked by scientists to respiratory complications. Click to read more. Wildfires are some of the environmental and ecological disasters that have affected not only forest and grasslands in remote areas but also towns and cities as well.
Some of the trees in the US Pacific Northwest have suffered from slowed growth, drought and climate change effects, according to a recent report. Read here.
Researchers in China used a blanket of white sheets or geotextiles to slow down the rapid melting of ice in the Dagu Glacier in the Tibetan region. Read here.