Zumbrunnen et al., 2012), we take the view that climate change combined with changes in forest management and increasing recreational activities will alter the current fire regime towards a more fire prone one with a higher number of ignitions and more extreme forest fires, also in the Norther...
predict changes in the PHRR, which serves as an index of fire hazard by defining the combustibility (rate of combustion) of the vegetation, thus offering a distribution of hazard critical for firefighting operations planning, including the distribution of firefighting resources and local alerts. Conve...
A.Forest fires can be very difficult to put out or control.B.Billions of dollars are spent every year fighting fires in some countries.C.Sometimes firefighters will use airplanes to drop water on fires from the air.D.Forest fires are a type of wildfire.E.A strong wind can help a fire ...
Globally, forests cover nearly one third of the land area and they contain over 80% of terrestrial biodiversity. Both the extent and quality of forest habitat continue to decrease and the associated loss of biodiversity jeopardizes forest ecosystem funct
A heat wave has been striking the south-east of France for a couple of days, causing incidents on the electricity network (temperature alerts reached in some substations) and on the roadway (behaviour changes caused by stress). The forest fire risk index is extremely high, especially in the ...
The establishment of these plantations has been repeatedly hampered by disturbances, such as forest fires [2], the outbreak of insect pests and disease [3], invasive alien plants [4], and drought [5,6]. Additionally, forest land-use modification that arises from harvesting operations has ...
Forest fires can have devastating effects on the environment, communities, individuals, economy, and climate change in many countries. During a forest fire crisis, massive amounts of data, such as weather patterns and soil conditions, become available. Efficient management, intelligent integration, and...
Current data show that 74% of the dominant Miombo areas (i.e., the central Mozambique including the Cheringoma complex) burn annually [3,4,11,16]. The study by Buramuge et al. [17] reported that fires are increasing in this region and are associated with activities causing forest ...