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Grover
Wildfires in the southwestern US are getting larger, more frequent, and more severe due to changing climatic conditions like rising temperatures and prolonged drought (Singleton et al. 2018, Mueller et al. 2020). Catastrophic wildfire events…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Bowman, Hayden, Arnold
With a warming and drying climate, coniferous forests worldwide are increasingly threatened by wildfires. We examined how fire impacts ectomycorrhizal (EM) fungi associated with Pinus ponderosa, an important tree species in western North America. In…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Gaskin, Espeland, Johnson, Larson, Mangold, McGee, Milner, Paudel, Pearson, Perkins, Prosser, Runyon, Sing, Sylvain, Symstad, Tekiela
The Great Plains of North America encompass approximately 1,300,000 km2 of land from Texas to Saskatchewan. The integrity of these lands is under continual assault by long-established and newly-arrived invasive plant species, which can threaten…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Reemts, Ferrato
The effects of fire on cacti depend on individual plant characteristics, fire intensity, and local conditions. Tobusch fishhook cactus (Sclerocactus brevihamatus ssp. tobuschii) is a small (<~7 cm diameter), globose cactus endemic to the…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Kelly, Fussell
Since air pollutants are difficult and expensive to control, a strong scientific underpinning to policies is needed to guide mitigation aimed at reducing the current burden on public health. Much of the evidence concerning hazard identification and…
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
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
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
Moseley, Cheng, Davis, Bertone-Riggs
Wildfire has fundamentally shaped the western landscapes we seek to conserve. It is a source of renewal and central to the functioning of many ecosystems; as well as a destructive force that threatens communities and conservation values across…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Flanagan
This webinar will review recent research led by Duke University investigating the impacts of fire on peatland ecosystems. Severe wildfires can cause smoldering ground fires that oxidize entire carbon stores and threaten peatlands around the globe.…
Year: 2020
Type: Media