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Bulldozer establishes a fire line near a highway in Trinity County, Calif.
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Wildfire, Drought, and Insects Threaten Forests in the United States

by Rishika Pardikar 12 May 202212 May 2022

Western forest managers face a catch-22: They can keep carbon sequestered in trees by reducing controlled burns, but that creates denser forests at greater risk of going up in uncontrolled flames.

Aerial view created of a forest with lidar—with trees artificially colored in many colors—as well as buildings and open spaces in part of Yosemite National Park
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A Lidar’s-Eye View of How Forests Are Faring

by Van R. Kane, Liz Van Wagtendonk and Andrew Brenner 29 April 20223 May 2022

Success in Yosemite is driving the wider use of lidar surveys to support forest health and wildfire resilience, study wildlife habitats, and monitor water resources.

Incendios arden sobre las montañas cerca del lago Elsinore, California, el 9 de agosto de 2018.
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Los incendios forestales empeorarán, advierte informe de la ONU

by Meghie Rodrigues 26 April 20226 May 2022

Desde el ecuador hasta el Ártico, es probable que aumenten los incendios forestales y que el cambio climático los empeore, según un nuevo informe de las Naciones Unidas. La acción todavía es posible, dicen los autores.

Electron microscopy image of the charcoal found at the Than Formation in Saurashtra Basin, Gujarat, India.
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Cretaceous Charcoal Gives a Glimpse of Plant Evolution

by Meghie Rodrigues 18 April 202218 April 2022

New data from vegetal charcoal in northwest India supports the theory of paleowildfires as a global phenomenon and an evolutionary force for biodiversity.

Green trees and low shrubs in the middle of a forest burn in a fire. The fire burns primarily in the center of the image with a few smaller fires seen in the background and around the edges of the image. The entire image is viewed through a haze of smoke.
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U.S. Fires Quadrupled in Size, Tripled in Frequency in 20 Years

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 8 April 202225 April 2022

Changes including intensifying drought, expansion into burnable land, and an increase in human-caused ignitions have led to a shift in fire patterns.

A photograph from a commercial flight showing a pyrocumulonimbus cloud forming over the 2019–2020 Australian bushfires.
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Australian Wildfires Linked to Ozone Layer Depletion

by Krystal Vasquez 4 April 20226 April 2022

New research shows that the Black Summer bushfires damaged the ozone layer, eliminating a decade’s worth of progress.

Fires burn over the mountains close to Lake Elsinore, Calif., on 9 August 2018.
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Wildfires Will Worsen, Warns U.N. Report

by Meghie Rodrigues 30 March 20226 May 2022

From the equator to the Arctic, wildfires are likely to increase, and climate change can make them worse, according to a new United Nations report. Action is still possible, say the authors.

Nighttime photo of a firefighter holding a hose and spraying water on the Caldor Fire in California.
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Warmer Nights Are Adding Fuel to Nighttime Fires

by Jennifer Schmidt 28 March 202228 March 2022

Cool, moist nights are rarer than they were a few decades ago, and that’s giving wildfires an edge over crews trying to hold fire lines.

A room in a home filled with atmospheric research equipment, including three gas cylinders that are connected to a mass spectrometer.
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Crowdsourced Science Helps Monitor Air Quality in Smoke-Damaged Homes

by Fionna M. D. Samuels 23 February 202223 February 2022

Researchers collaborate with residents to measure airborne chemicals in homes and evaluate how clean the air really is after remediation from Colorado’s Marshall Fire.

Photo of gray dirt hill covered with burnt trees.
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Forest Fires Could Boost Western U.S. Water Supplies

by Jennifer Schmidt 21 February 202222 February 2022

Streamflow in the West has been below average since the early 2000s, but a new analysis shows that streams aren’t as dry as expected.

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