Noun Fires destroyed acres of forest. the endless forest that the first European settlers encountered
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Noun
High temperatures also sparked forest fires throughout the province. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 The heavy rains are the latest in a series of catastrophes that Rehman said are exacerbated by climate change, including heatwaves, forest fires, and glacial lake outbursts. Munir Ahmed, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022 The heavy rains are the latest in a series of catastrophes that Rehman said are exacerbated by climate change, including heatwaves, forest fires and glacial lake outbursts. Munir Ahmed, ajc, 29 Aug. 2022 As forest fires have destroyed hundreds of thousands of hectares of land in the US, Europe, and elsewhere, interest in the Guardian system has boomed.WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022 The unprecedented heat wave that has engulfed China this summer has dried up rivers, wilted crops and sparked forest fires. Christian Shepherd, Ian Livingston, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2022 The unprecedented heat wave that has engulfed China this summer has dried up rivers, wilted crops and sparked forest fires. Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022 Over the past 24 hours, a total of 118 forest fires have been registered in the country, according to the Algerian Civil Protection Unit. Celine Alkhaldi, CNN, 18 Aug. 2022 Gibson is a member of Brigada Carcará, a volunteer organization working in alignment with the local municipal firefighting agencies to protect the environment through the prevention and control of forest fires. Judith Magyar, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
Verb
Acknowledging the benefits that cultural burning once offered to forest resilience, park officials have sought to bring low-intensity fire back to the landscape in the last 50 years. Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2022 There is little data on serious injuries to forest watchers in India, but the country has recorded at least 318 ranger deaths since 2012, according to the International Ranger Federation.New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022 These three trails have varied scenery from urban to forest to rural areas. John Pana, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2022 Food production is responsible for major water quantity and quality problems, often requires herbicides and pesticides that endanger biodiversity, and engenders forest and wildland losses when lands are converted to agriculture. Alejandra Borunda, Environment, 27 Dec. 2021 Rights to forest land are contentious worldwide, with indigenous and local communities from Brazil to India pitted against government officials and hardline conservationists. Rina Chandran, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2021 At the same time, resistance to forest thinning by some environmental organizations was garnering public attention. Kathleen Ronayne, ajc, 9 Nov. 2021 In recent years forest fires in Alaska have broken records, burning more acreage, more intensely and for longer. Randi Jandt, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2021 To re-forest the hills blackened by the fire, the Camp Marston staff planted 40,000 pine seedlings donated by the California Department of Forestry.San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin forestis (silva) unenclosed (woodland), from Latin foris outside — more at forum