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Satellite image of tan whisps of clouds over green land. There is brown land to the right and blue ocean to the left.
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Extreme Wildfires Make Their Own Weather

by Elise Cutts 8 March 202313 March 2023

Extreme fires in the western United States and Southeast Asia influenced the local weather in ways that make fires and smoke pollution worse.

Field photos of burned forest and graphs showing reflectance properties.
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Summer Fire Means Winter Melt

by Valeriy Ivanov 2 February 20232 February 2023

Changing wildfire activity in California may impact seasonal hydrology by causing intense snowmelt during winter in areas where fires extend into higher elevation zones.

View of Seattle through a layer of wildfire smoke
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Potentially Good News for Solar Energy During Wildfires

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 18 January 202318 January 2023

A preliminary analysis suggests that the impact of smoke blocking the Sun during 2020’s megafires was minimal for the nation’s solar panels.

A fire burns a Siberian forest near Cherskiy, Russia, in 2020.
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A Forest, for the Trees

by Caryl-Sue Micalizio 22 December 202222 December 2022

Arrays of technologies and innovative research are helping scientists better understand forests, fires, and the future of our shared landscape.

Refugia dot a hillside in the western Cascades after the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire, one of the largest blazes in Oregon’s history.
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Last Tree Standing

by Robin Donovan 22 December 202222 December 2022

Refugia repopulate forests after fires, but climate change is making these woodlands increasingly unpredictable.

Two graphs from the paper.
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Clumped 18O –18O in Ice Reveals Past Ozone and Wildfire

by Sarah Feakins 9 December 20227 December 2022

Reactive gases like ozone are hard to preserve, but clumped isotopes and models provide clues to past ozone and suggest a global increase in wildfire at megafaunal extinction.

Sandbags of wildfire debris are spread on Goleta Beach, Calif.
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Managing Mudslide Debris After Fires

by Robin Donovan 14 October 202214 October 2022

California officials faced a conundrum in dealing with mudslides after the Thomas Fire.

Two diagrams showing the dry and moist simulations.
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How Can Nuclear Plumes Reach the Stratosphere?

by Minghua Zhang 13 October 202211 October 2022

A new study shows how moist convection can lift sooty air from firestorms to the stratosphere, potentially leading to a nuclear winter.

Map of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in Alaska
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The Burning Tundra

by Marguerite A. Xenopoulos 4 October 202219 January 2023

As wildfires blaze through the Arctic, scientists examine the role of landscape characteristics on wildfire ecosystem responses in northern aquatic ecosystems.

One of two fire-generated vortices at the 2021 Dixie Fire
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Chasing Fire Tornadoes for Science

by Emily Shepherd 6 September 20226 September 2022

Recent research suggests fire-generated vortices are always present during wildfires.

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