Jin et al. used satellite observations of surface albedo from 2000 to 2011 and fire perimeter data since 1970 to study how forest fires affect surface albedo and associated shortwave radiation at the surface, across forests in boreal Canada....
Although fire is required for the natural seeding of plant species in some (e.g. Mediterranean) ecosystems (Vélez 1990), the aggregate consequences of large-scale destruction are overwhelmingly negative: fires devastate the carbon storage of forests and can lead to large economic damages and loss...
Burning tropical forests to establish lucrative agricultural crops ignores potentially important health externalities of the resulting air pollution. These health externalities are often poorly understood, especially if other environmental hazards, such as indoor pollution, are not taken into account. Given ...
"Last year’s very severe fire season in Canada, plus persistent drought that continues to affect western Canada, set the stage for more overwintering fires than I personally have ever seen before," Turetsky said. US WILDFIRE ACTIVITY OFF TO SLOWEST START IN MEMORY The particularly disappointing...
scenario (RCP8.5). The large fire season will be more intense and have an earlier onset and delayed end. Our findings suggest that despite the lack of a contemporary trend in fire regime, projected greenhouse gas emissions will substantially increase the fire danger in southern California by ...
Extensive nonstand-replacing fires of low and high intensity dominate the fire regime in larch- and pine-dominated forests, mostly in Scandinavia and Russia, while stand-replacing fires of high intensity predominate in the spruce forests of Canada (Rogers et al., 2015). The mean fire return ...
Vulnerability of timber supply to projected changes in fire regime in Canada's managed forests The frequency of forest fires is predicted to increase in Canada, which may affect the availability of timber for industrial purposes. We therefore carried... S. Gauthier, P.Y. Bernier, Y. Boulanger...
"We're facing a new reality in this state." said Brown. "We have to have the resources to combat the fires and we have to also invest in managing vegetation and forests, and all the ways we dwell in this very wonderful place, but a place that's getting hotter." ...
1) forests (intact and degraded peat swamp forest); 2) plantation (including oil palm, hevea rubber and coconut) and forest plantation; 3) degraded lands (bare ground, wet/dry shrubs, savannas, and grassy areas); 4) agricultural lands; and 5) other categories. For each of these classes,...
Much of Iran is at high risk of earthquakes, floods, forest fires, and gully erosion16,17,18. Forest fires, for example, are a major cause of ecosystem damage and large economic losses19,20. The forests of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province in southwestern Iran are particularly vulnerable ...