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Recent growth in the frequency and severity of US wildfires has led to more wildfire smoke and increased public exposure to harmful air pollutants. Populations exposed to wildfire smoke experience a variety of negative health impacts, imposing economic costs on society. However…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Hazard and Risk, Safety, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, wildfires, health factors, health costs, benefit transfer, BenMAP Community Edition, California wildfires, southern California, forecasting system, economic cost, smoke exposure, verification, mortality, cities
The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) is the main driver of climate variability at mid to high latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere, affecting wildfire activity, which in turn pollutes the air and contributes to human health problems and mortality, and potentially provides strong…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): International
Keywords: wildfires, air quality, climate change, South America, fire scars, climate modes, AAO - Antarctic Oscillation, synchrony, warming, Atlantic Ocean influence, fire regimes, northern Patagonia, western Patagonia, past millennium, time series
A wildfire with many ignition points took place in the Daxing'an Mountains of north-east China in June 2010. After the fire, moss polsters and particle traps were collected from burnt and unburnt areas a few kilometres away from four ignition points. Charcoal extracted from the…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire History
Region(s): International
Keywords: wildfires, ignition, air quality, China, biomass burning, Larch Forest, wildfire, forest fire, macroscopic charcoal, microscopic charcoal, Holocene fire, source area, records, deposition, regimes, boreal, history
Ecological Restoration and Management of Longleaf Pine Forests is a timely synthesis of the current understanding of the natural dynamics and processes in longleaf pine ecosystems. This book beautifully illustrates how incorporation of basic ecosystem knowledge and an…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, climate change, regeneration, biodiversity, forest management
Three topics were presented by three different speakers: 1) Tom Spies presents Fire Regime: Past, Present, Future; Addressing Multiple perspectives; 2) Steve Acker presents Ecology: Effects of fire on Vegetation; and 3) Jane Kertis presents Opportunities and Challenges to…
Person: Spies, Acker, Kertis
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Mapping, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: fire regimes, succession, Willamette National Forest, fire activity, fire return interval
Fire happens in Canada’s forest. Every year, thousands of small fires and dozens of large ones occur somewhere in Canada’s vast forest landscape. It has been the story for centuries and will continue. Now more than ever people work, build and live in the boreal forest but…
Person: Flannigan, Tymstra
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, International
Keywords: AFSC - Alaska Fire Science Consortium, Canada, Fort McMurray Fire, Horse River Fire, fire management, lessons learned, Alberta, fire severity
In the last few decades, the number of people living in fire-prone ecosystems has increased, placing more people and private property at risk to future fire events. Substantial research has demonstrated consistent public support for the use of prescribed fires in fuel-reduction…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Southern
Keywords: Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Kootenai National Forest, Fremont-Winema National Forest, Francis Marion National Forest, Sumter National Forest, public perceptions, wildfires, smoke management, air quality
The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) is the main driver of climate variability at mid to high latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere, affecting wildfire activity, which in turn pollutes the air and contributes to human health problems and mortality, and potentially provides strong…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire scars, AAO - Antarctic Oscillation, climate modes, warming, synchrony, South America
Fires are increasing in frequency, size and intensity partly due to climate change and land management practices, yet there is limited knowledge of the impacts of smoke emissions - both short term and long term. EPA is using its expertise in air quality research to fill the gaps…
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Year: 2017
Type: Website
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, climate change, public health, smoke management, health impacts, wildfires, water supply, research, community protection
Wildland fire is an important ecological process in the California Sierra Nevada. Personal accounts from pre-20th century describe a much smokier environment than present day. The policy of suppression beginning in the early 20th century and climate change are contributing to…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California
Keywords: air quality, smoke impacts, public health, wildland fire, policy, megafires, fire suppression, Sierra Nevada, PM - particulate matter, PM2.5
Every year, thousands of small fires and dozens of large ones break out somewhere in Canada. This has been the story for millenia and will continue as long as there are people and lightning to start fires in the boreal forest. Now more than ever, people work, build, live, and…
Person: Flannigan
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, International
Keywords: Fort McMurray Fire, Alberta, Canada, boreal forests, lessons learned, fire size, area burned, fire impacts, ignition, evacuation, fire management, dNBR - differenced Normalized Burn Ratio, topography, FireSmart
Fire as a major evolutionary force has been disputed because it is considered to lack supporting evidence. If a trait has evolved in response to selection by fire then the environment of the plant must have been fire-prone before the appearance of that trait. Using outcomes of…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: fire adaptations, fire-adapted species, fire-prone, exaptation, flowering, germination, selection, serotiny
[from the text] Much like the proverbial chicken and egg story, there is debate over whether fire or the adaptations to fire came first for plant species in fire-prone ecosystems. This is significant because if the fire-prone habitats came first, it would be proof that fire…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: fire adaptations, fire-adapted species, exaptation, flowering, germination, selection, serotiny, fire regimes, fire-prone
Kris Ray from the Air Quality Program of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation presented his experience monitoring indoor air quality during the 2015 wildfire season, and Dr. Shelly Miller from the University of Colorado shared her findings on the effectiveness of…
Person: Ray, Miller
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Hazard and Risk, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: PM2.5 airborne concentrations, fine particulates, Colville Reservation, indoor air quality, air cleaner, Colorado, Washington
Tropical peatland burning in Asia has been intensifying over the last decades, emitting huge amounts of gas species and aerosol particles. Both laboratory and field studies have been conducted to investigate emission from peat burning, yet a significant variability in data still…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire History
Region(s): International
Keywords: Sumatra, Indonesia, temperature, greenhouse gases, peatlands, CH4 - methane, haze, aerosol particles