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Relationship between circum-Arctic atmospheric wave patterns and large-scale wildfires in boreal summer

Long-term assessment of severe wildfires and associated air pollution and related climate patterns in and around the Arctic is essential for assessing healthy human life status. To examine the relationships, we analyzed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)…
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Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, International
Keywords: wildfire, aerosol, PM - particulate matter, PM2.5, Arctic, fire climate patterns, atmospheric circulation, particulate organic matter, air pollution

Using machine learning to predict inland aquatic CO2 and CH4 concentrations and the effects of wildfires in the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta, Alaska

Climate change is causing an intensification in tundra fires across the Arctic, including the unprecedented 2015 fires in the Yukon-Kuskokwim (YK) Delta. The YK Delta contains extensive surface waters (∼33% cover) and significant quantities of organic carbon, much of which is…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, carbon balance, C - carbon, machine learning

Projections of future wildfires impacts on air pollutants and air toxics in a changing climate over the western United States

Wildfires emit smoke particles and gaseous pollutants that greatly aggravate air quality and cause adverse health impacts in the western US (WUS). This study evaluates how wildfire impacts on air pollutants and air toxics evolve from the present climate to the future climate…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: PM - particulate matter, O3 - ozone, wildfires, fire emissions, air toxics, air quality

A review of the effects of wildfire smoke on the health and behavior of wildlife

Climate change is intensifying global wildfire activity, and people and wildlife are increasingly exposed to hazardous air pollution during large-scale smoke events. Although wildfire smoke is considered a growing risk to public health, few studies have investigated the impacts…
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Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, wildlife behavior, wildlife health, wildfire, health effects, wildlife movement, air pollution, conservation, climate change

Effect of fire factors (smoke, ash, charcoal and heat) on seeds of plant species

The effect of the main fire factors (smoke, ash, charcoal and heat) can influence the germination of species through their seeds. Hence, a methodology has been devised in order to have a common protocol for those who work in this area and serve as a valuable tool to compare…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: ash, charcoal, heat, seed viability, germination, reproductive behavior, fire treatment, incubation

Fire and the Carbon Cycle

This is the first panel discussion in Season 2 of the Fueling Collaboration series. Moderator Nick Skowronski (USDA Forest Service) discusses fire and the carbon cycle with panelists Ken Clark (USDA Forest Service), Jessica Miesel (Michigan State University), Louise Loudermilk (…
Person: Skowronski, Clark, Miesel, Loudermilk, Midgley, Coates
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Eastern, Southern
Keywords: C - carbon, carbon cycle, CO2 - carbon dioxide, carbon sequestration, carbon pool, fuels treatment, soil carbon

Smoke is NOT Just Smoke

This is the 3rd panel discussion in Season 2 of the Fueling Collaboration series. Moderator Jack McGowan-Stinski (Lake States Fire Science Consortium) discusses all things smoke. What is it? What are the messages we should be communicating? What are the tools that can help us…
Person: McGowan-Stinski, Charney, Kobziar, Wickman, Pitrolo
Year: 2022
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Outreach, 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, bioaerosols, firefighter safety, human health, smoke management, smoke effects, CO - carbon monoxide, PM - particulate matter, PM2.5, air pollution, climate change, wildfire

A collection of airborne measurements and analyses of trace gases emitted from multiple fires in California

Biomass burning is an important source of trace gases and particles, and can influence air quality on local, regional, and global scales. With the threat of wildfire events increasing due to changes in land use, increasing population, and climate change, the importance of…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): California
Keywords: trace gas emissions, air quality

Combustion of aboveground wood from live trees in megafires, CA, USA

Biomass combustion is a major biogeochemical process, but uncertain in magnitude. We examined multiple levels of organization (twigs, branches, trees, stands, and landscapes) in large, severe forest fires to see how combustion rates for live aboveground woody parts varied with…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects
Region(s): California
Keywords: bole combustion, branch combustion, fire severity, mixed conifer forest, multi-level analysis, Sierra Nevada Mountains, combustion rate, wildfire, biomass combustion, ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa

An evaluation of empirical and statistically based smoke plume injection height parametrisations used within air quality models

Air quality models are used to assess the impact of smoke from wildland fires, both prescribed and natural, on ambient air quality and human health. However, the accuracy of these models is limited by uncertainties in the parametrisation of smoke plume injection height (PIH) and…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Rocky Mountain
Keywords: Kansas, air quality model, 2013 Rim Fire, CALIOP - Cloud Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization, ceilometer measurement, MicroPulse scanning lidar, plume rise, remote sensing, wildfires, human health

Confronting the wildfire crisis: a strategy for protecting communities and improving resilience in America’s forests

[from the text] Under this strategy, the Forest Service will work with partners to engineer a paradigm shift by focusing fuels and forest health treatments more strategically and at the scale of the problem, using the best available science as the guide. At the Forest Service,…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: resilience, climate change, forest health, fireshed, fuel treatment, ignition, National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy), wildfires, land management, fire-adapted communities

The sum of small parts: changing landscape fire regimes across multiple small landholdings in north-western Australia with collaborative fire management

Fire is a natural process in tropical savannas, but contemporary cycles of recurrent, extensive, severe fires threaten biodiversity and other values. In northern Australia, prescribed burning to reduce wildfire incidence is incentivised through a regulated emissions abatement…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire management, traditional fire management, tropical savannas, carbon emissions, emissions abatement, Indigenous fire management, pindan woodlands, biocultural indicators, Australia

Statistical comparison and assessment of four fire emissions inventories for 2013 and a large wildfire in the western United States

Wildland fires produce smoke plumes that impact air quality and human health. To understand the effects of wildland fire smoke on humans, the amount and composition of the smoke plume must be quantified. Using a fire emissions inventory is one way to determine the emissions rate…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: Bayesian statistics, air quality, wildfire smoke, 2013 Rim Fire

Reproductive function of male rats and motor activity of their offspring in fire emissions modeling

We studied the reproductive function of albino male rats after long-term exposure to wildfire smoke and the species-specific behavior of their sexually mature offspring. After the end of exposure, the mean number of spermatogonia and the relative number of Leydig cells in rat…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: wildfire smoke exposure, wildfires, spermatogenesis, offspring, motor activity, cognitive performance

Improving Wildfire Management Decision-Making for Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge: A Case Study of Boundary Organizations and Partnerships in Alaska

Sarah Trainor & Jeremy Littell present at the 2021 Association for Fire Ecology Conference special session: The Nexus of Climate Change and Fire: Taking Science to Action Addressing the unprecedented challenges of climate change, wildland fire, and human land use requires…
Person: Littell, Trainor
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Safety
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: wildfire, fire management, wildfire management, climate change, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, partnerships, boundary organization, decision making, human health, fuels management, PM2.5, fire regime change, fire frequency, annual area burned

Deterioration of air quality associated with the 2020 US wildfires

The wildfires of August and September 2020 in the western part of the United States were characterized by an unparalleled duration and wide geographical coverage. A particular consequence of massive wildfires includes serious health effects due to short and long-term exposure to…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): California, Northwest
Keywords: PM2.5, wildfires, AOD - aerosol optical depth, ultraviolet aerosol index, MAIAC - Multi‐angle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction, TROPOMI - TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument, air quality, health impacts

Impacts of pre-fire conifer density and wildfire severity on ecosystem structure and function at the forest-tundra ecotone

Wildfire frequency and extent is increasing throughout the boreal forest-tundra ecotone as climate warms. Understanding the impacts of wildfire throughout this ecotone is required to make predictions of the rate and magnitude of changes in boreal-tundra landcover, its future…
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Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: wildfires, stand density, fire severity, C - carbon, ecosystem function, forest-tundra, ecosystem structure, Denali National Park and Preserve, carbon emissions, soil organic layer

Experimental characterization of particulate and gaseous emissions from biomass burning of six Mediterranean species and litter

Wildfires across the Mediterranean ecosystems are associated with safety concerns due to their emissions. The type of biomass determines the composition of particulate matter (PM) and gaseous compounds emitted during the fire event. This study investigated simulated fire events…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, combustion chambers, gaseous emissions, particulate emissions, PM - particulate matter, VOCs, VOC - volatile organic carbon, Scanning Electron Microscopy, forest fire, Italy, Mediterranean ecosystem

Trace elements and nutrients in wildfire plumes to the southeast of Australia

The unprecedented magnitude of the 2019-20 Australian fires have raised interest in the potential for fire emissions to supply vital nutrients to remote ocean regions. Fire emissions are episodic and unpredictable, making them difficult to investigate. Here we present results…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, bioaccessible iron, nitrate, ammonium, Southern Hemisphere, levoglucosan, Tasmania

Observations of delayed changes in respiratory function among allergy clinic patients exposed to wildfire smoke

Wildfires have increased in frequency and magnitude and pose a significant public health challenge. The principal objective of this study was to assess the impact of wildfire smoke on respiratory peak flow performance of patients exposed to two different wildfire events. This…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: peak flow, wildfires, sensitization, respiratory, allergy, altered immune response, public health, Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia, North Carolina

Can forest fires be an important factor in the reduction in solar power production in India?

The wildfires over the central Indian Himalayan region have attracted the significant attention of environmental scientists. Despite their major and disastrous effects on the environment and air quality, studies on the forest fires’ impacts from a renewable energy point of view…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): International
Keywords: solar energy, PV energy, PV - photovoltaic, energy losses, financial losses, forest fires, wildfires, aerosol, cloud, India

Impact of wildfires on meteorology and air quality (PM2.5 and O3) over western United States during September 2017

In this study, we investigated the impact of wildfires on meteorology and air quality (PM2.5 and O3) over the western United States during the September 2017 period. This is done by using Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) to simulate…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models, Weather
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: wildfires, meteorology, air quality, PM2.5, PM - particulate matter, O3 - ozone, WRF-Chem, COD - cloud optical depth

Examining the status of forest fire emission in 2020 and its connection to COVID-19 incidents in west coast regions of the United States

Forest fires impact on soil, water, and biota resources. The current forest fires in the West Coast of the United States (US) profoundly impacted the atmosphere and air quality across the ecosystems and have caused severe environmental and public health burdens. Forest fire led…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Hazard and Risk, Models
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northwest, Rocky Mountain
Keywords: forest fire, air pollution, COVID-19, NO2 - nitrogen dioxide, spatial models, PM - particulate matter, human health

Prolonged and pervasive perturbations in the composition of the southern hemisphere midlatitude lower stratosphere from the Australian New Year's fires

The 2019/2 020 Australian New Year's wildfires injected record amounts of smoke and biomass burning products into the lower stratosphere. The Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) tracked the evolution of distinct plumes of fire-influenced air as they rapidly spiraled up to the mid-…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, stratosphere

Wildfire national carbon accounting: how natural and anthropogenic landscape fires emissions are treated in the 2020 Australian government greenhouse gas accounts report to the UNFCCC

Greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting of emissions from land use, land-use change, and forestry necessarily involves consideration of landscape fire. This is of particular importance for Australia given that natural and human fire is a common occurrence, and many ecosystems are…
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Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: anthropogenic fires, greenhouse gas emissions, IPCC, land use change, UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, wildfires, Australia, landscape fire