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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.
Without First Nations people, Kangaroo Island has burned widely over the past 2,000 years as the climate got drier.
As global temperatures rise, wildfires are advancing further north. Many of them burn through peat, which contains massive amounts of carbon.
When authorities fight fires, they focus on human life and property. But animals are part of communities too – and disaster preparation should reflect this
Satellites used satellite sensors to identify the 0.01% ‘most extreme’ fires worldwide.
An analysis of 88 million wildfire observations over the past 21 years shows a strong increase in the frequency and intensity of the most extreme fires around the world.
We compiled maps of bushfires and prescribed burns in southern Australia from 1980 to 2021 to see how fire activity is changing habitat for 129 threatened species such as mountain pygmy possums.
Scientists have been debating the start of the Anthropocene Epoch for 15 years. I was part of those discussions, and I agree with the vote rejecting it.
Many people are asking if Australian authorities are ready for the fire season. The real question to ask is – are we ready as individuals?
The forest fires that struck the Continent in the summer of 2022 were devastating, yet historical data shows that they were not ‘unprecedented’, contrary to media accounts.
We need a way for our laws to protect both humans and nature when it comes to bushfire risk
As the FIFA World Cup kicks off, researchers take a look at the impact of climate change on the future of soccer.
The paltry spending means many species severely impacted by the megafires were left in desperate trouble, potentially pushing some closer to extinction.
After another devastating wildfire year in the West, the Biden administration has a plan to ramp up forest thinning and prescribed burns. Two foresters explain why these projects are so important.
Animals are surprisingly good at avoiding fire - but can they survive the unprecedented megafires we now face?
Two forest researchers whose own communities were threatened by fires in 2021 explain how historic policies left forests at high risk of megafires.
Scientists studied charcoal layers in the sediment of lake beds across the Rockies to track fires over time. They found increasing fire activity as the climate warmed.
We know heatwaves and drought can turn bushfires into infernos, but the reasons why were poorly understood in science.
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Cooperative Extension Forester and Natural Resources Advisor, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Cooperative Extension Forester and Natural Resources Advisor, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Chercheur en climatologie, Inrae
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Professeur adjoint, Faculté des sciences de l'activité physique, Université de Sherbrooke
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Chercheur postdoctoral sur les incendies de forêts, Inrae
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Directeur de recherche en risque incendie de forêts, Inrae