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Fan, Miao, Zscheischler, Slater, Wu, Chai, AghaKouchak
Fire weather compounded by extremely hot and dry conditions often severely impacts society and ecosystems. To mitigate and better adapt to these compound fire weather (CFW) events, a better understanding of recent and future CFW trends is needed.…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Choutri, Lagha, Meshoul, Batouche, Bouzidi, Charef
The past decade has witnessed a growing demand for drone-based fire detection systems, driven by escalating concerns about wildfires exacerbated by climate change, as corroborated by environmental studies. However, deploying existing drone-based…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Baker
Temperate conifer forests stressed by climate change could be lost through tree regeneration decline in the interior of high-severity fires, resulting in type conversion to non-forest vegetation from seed-dispersal limitation, competition, drought…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Melton, De Fries, Smith, Mason
Climate change is leading to worsening disasters that disproportionately impact older adults. While research has begun to measure disparities, there is a gap in examining wildfire-specific disasters. To address this gap, this scoping review analyzed…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Kim, Muminov
Wildfire poses a significant threat and is considered a severe natural disaster, which endangers forest resources, wildlife, and human livelihoods. In recent times, there has been an increase in the number of wildfire incidents, and both human…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Swain, Abatzoglou, Kolden, Shive, Kalashnikov, Singh, Smith
Escalating wildfire activity in the western United States has accelerated adverse societal impacts. Observed increases in wildfire severity and impacts to communities have diverse anthropogenic causes-including the legacy of fire suppression…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Harris, Chapple, McLean, Melville
Globally, fire regimes are undergoing significant changes due to anthropogenic activities and climate change. In some regions, prescribed fire is being reintroduced to management, often after decades of suppression, and wildfires are increasing in…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Seipp, Maurer, Elias, Saksa, Keske, Oleson, Egoh, Cleveland, Nyelele, Goncalves, Hemes, Wyrsch, Lewis, Chung, Guo, Conklin, Bales
Forests across the Western U.S. face unprecedented risk due to historic fire exclusion, environmental degradation, and climate change. Forest management activities like ecological thinning, prescribed burning, and meadow restoration can improve…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Ahmad, Khan, Ahmed, Driss, Boulila, Alazeb, Alsulami, Alshehri, Ghadi, Ahmad
Background: Forests cover nearly one-third of the Earth’s land and are some of our most biodiverse ecosystems. Due to climate change, these essential habitats are endangered by increasing wildfires. Wildfires are not just a risk to the environment,…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
McGinnis, Kessenich, Mearns, Cullen, Podschwit, Bukovsky
Background: Wildfire simultaneity affects the availability and distribution of resources for fire management: multiple small fires require more resources to fight than one large fire does.
Aims: The aim of this study was to project the effects of…
Year: 2023
Type: Document