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Wilson, Wang, Fuhr, Duncan, Schurtz, Brown
The National Laboratories showcase their wildfire mitigation capabilities and technologies in this Wildfire Mitigation Webinar Series. Whether it’s a fire created by utility equipment or an oncoming fire that is threatening a utility company’s…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Terzano, Rascio, Allegretta, Porfido, Spagnuolo, Khanghahi, Crecchio, Sakellariadou, Gattullo
In the last years, uncontrolled fires are frequently occurring in forest and agricultural areas as an indirect effect of the rising aridity and global warming or caused by intentional illegal burnings. In addition, controlled burning is still…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Zhao, Lovreglio, Kuligowski, Nilsson
[from the text] Wildfire is a growing global concern for rural and urban areas [1]. Statistics show that the intensity and negative consequences of wildfire have increased in recent decades creating serious challenges for fire and emergency services…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Reidy, Thompson, Rowin, Schwope, Mueller
The juniper (Juniperus ashei) - oak (Quercus sp.) woodlands of central Texas are susceptible to crown fire due to climate change, land use change, and fire suppression. Low-intensity prescribed fire is one method used to reduce fuel loads and lower…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Runyon, Gray, Jenkins
High-elevation five-needle pine trees are a group of Pinus species in the subgenus Strobus that occur at the edges of plant growth near the alpine tree line. These species are ecologically very important and are also threatened by climate-driven…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Jaffe, O'Neill, Larkin, Holder, Peterson, Halofsky, Rappold
Air quality impacts from wildfires have been dramatic in recent years, with millions of people exposed to elevated and sometimes hazardous fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations for extended periods. Fires emit particulate matter (PM) and…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
O, Hou, Orth
Wildfires can destroy property and vegetation, thereby threatening people’s livelihoods and food security. Soil moisture and biomass are important determinants of wildfire hazard. Corresponding novel satellite-based observations therefore present an…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Kuligowski
As wildfires that threaten communities become more severe, there is an increasing need to understand human behavior in these situations, and evacuation decision-making and behavior in particular. A number of deaths have occurred in previous fires…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Kelly, Giljohann, Duane, Aquilué, Archibald, Batllori, Bennett, Buckland, Canelles, Clarke, Fortin, Hermoso, Herrando, Keane, Lake, McCarthy, Morán-Ordoñez, Parr, Pausas, Penman, Regos, Rumpff, Santos, Smith, Syphard, Tingley, Brotons
Fire has been a source of global biodiversity for millions of years. However, interactions with anthropogenic drivers such as climate change, land use, and invasive species are changing the nature of fire activity and its impacts. We review how such…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Kantor
Wildfires in the western United States are expected to increase both in size and severity in coming decades. These trends are likely to accelerate large-scale habitat loss and fragmentation for the spotted owl in the Pacific Northwest, California,…
Year: 2020
Type: Document