Studying the scale and intensity of previous fires can help us to detect thermal hotspots earlier and support faster, smarter crisis response and post-fire restoration.
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Get set for a hotter and wetter summer this season in Australia. The long-range forecast from the Bureau of Meteorology today points to above average rainfall, especially in December, and warmth.
On land, Australia has already passed 1.5°C of warming, bringing lower streamflows, more fire weather and marine heatwaves.
Canada’s 2024 wildfire season will likely be even more severe than the unprecedented fires of 2023. Being aware of the risks, and taking some sensible precautions, can help keep you safe.
Normally, many bushfires ease overnight, as temperatures fall and moisture in the air rises. But these are not normal times, as Queensland’s early-season fires are showing
We used satellite data to create global maps of where and how fires are burning. Fire season lasts two weeks longer than it used to and fires are more intense. But there are regional differences.
For decades, construction companies have used fireproofing chemicals associated with risks to human health and the environment. We need safer alternatives.
Zombie fires smoulder through the winter and reignite in the early spring. How these fires behave is not well understood, but they can contribute to an earlier and longer fire season.
If the spring fire season in Canada is any indication, fire-loving pyrophilic insects will continue to thrive well into summer.
Fire weather reason – when wildfires are most likely to strike – has expanded almost everywhere.
Last week, much of the Midwest and eastern US experienced hazy skies and red sunsets. The cause was smoke transported from the Western US by the jet stream and spread as far as Boston and even Europe.
Understanding fire history is crucial to designing effective fire management in order to maintain biodiversity and support the livelihoods of people.
Unprecedented fires are devastating koalas along Australia’s east coast. These sudden drops in population put the survivors at risk of inbreeding.
Australia is heading into a scorching summer, but the factors causing the hot and dry weather are expected to ease later in the season.
The same day all of New South Wales was declared in drought, the state’s Rural Fire Service issued its earliest ever total fire bans.
Top contributors
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Research Fellow in Environmental Science, University of Tasmania
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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NERC Independent Research Fellow in Climate Science, University of East Anglia
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Deakin University, Deakin University
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Forests and Global Change, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Associate Professor Plant conservation unit, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced
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Research Affiliate, University of Newcastle
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Postdoctoral Researcher and Honorary Lecturer | School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University
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Adjunct Professor (Practice) in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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Researcher, PhD Candidate, Biology, University of Saskatchewan
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Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology