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Burton, Betts, Jones, Williams
The commitment to limit warming to 1.5 °C as set out in the Paris Agreement is widely regarded as ambitious and challenging. It has been proposed that reaching this target may require a number of actions, which could include some form of carbon…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Davis, Higuera, Sala
Climate change indirectly affects forest ecosystems through changes in the frequency, size, and/or severity of wildfires. In addition to its direct effects prior to fire, climate also influences immediate postfire recruitment, with consequences for…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Balch, Schoennagel, Williams, Abatzoglou, Cattau, Mietkiewicz, St. Denis
Fuel, aridity, and ignition switches were all on in 2017, making it one of the largest and costliest wildfire years in the United States (U.S.) since national reporting began. Anthropogenic climate change helped flip on some of these switches…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Bray, Battye, Aneja, Tong, Lee, Tang
This study quantifies ammonia (NH3) emissions from biomass burning from 2005 to 2015 across the continental US (CONUS) and compares emissions from biomass burning with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Emissions Inventory (NEI),…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Bengston, Peck, Olson, Barros, Birdsey, Williams, Leyva Reyes, Zamudio-Sanchez
North American forests and forest management institutions are experiencing a wide range of significant ecological disturbances and socioeconomic changes, which point to the need for enhanced resilience. A critical capacity for resilience in…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Stroh, Struckhoff, Stambaugh, Guyette
Climate and fire are primary drivers of plant species distributions. Long-term management of south central United States woody vegetation communities can benefit from information on potentialchanges in climate and fire frequencies, and how these…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Arora, Melton
The terrestrial biosphere currently absorbs about 30% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. This carbon uptake over land results primarily from vegetation’s response to increasing atmospheric CO2 but other factors also play a role. Here we show that since…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Hallema, Sun, Caldwell, Norman, Cohen, Liu, Bladon, McNulty
Wildland fire impacts on surface freshwater resources have not previously been measured, nor factored into regional water management strategies. But, large wildland fires are increasing and raise concerns about fire impacts on potable water. Here we…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Robinne, Bladon, Miller, Parisien, Mathieu, Flannigan
The large mediatic coverage of recent massive wildfires across the world has emphasized the vulnerability of freshwater resources. The extensive hydrogeomorphic effects from a wildfire can impair the ability of watersheds to provide safe drinking…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Friggens
Webinar describing the Southwest FireCLIME Vulnerability Assessment Tool presented by Megan Friggens of the US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Year: 2018
Type: Media