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Photograph and heat map plot of a spontaneously combusting coal-mine waste heap in Myanmar heating up to 91.5 degrees Celsius
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Citizen Science Reduces Risks from Combusting Coal-Mine Wastes

by K. Hudson-Edwards 17 July 20206 January 2023

A community-based citizen science study on spontaneously combusting coal-mine waste heaps in Myanmar underpins the development of risk management plans to protect individuals and communities.

Smoke from a smoldering fire rises above trees and brush south of Bismarck, N.D.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Great Plains Plants Bounce Back After Large Wildfires

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 13 July 202031 March 2023

An analysis of nearly 1,400 wildfires suggests that some postfire techniques used to help restore vegetation may be unnecessary.

White smoke rising from the tundra in front of the Baird Mountains.
Posted inNews

The Rise of Zombie Fires

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 30 June 202018 October 2021

Wildfires can smolder underground through Arctic winters, reigniting at the surface when conditions are right.

Experimental crown fire in the boreal forest, Northwest Territories, Canada
Posted inEditors' Vox

New Special Collection: Fire in the Earth System

by Amy E. East and C. Santin 27 April 202012 December 2022

Papers are invited for a new cross-journal special collection presenting advances in understanding the physical and biogeochemical processes associated with landscape fires and their impacts.

The Thomas Fire burns above the water in 2017
Posted inNews

Could Wildfire Ash Feed the Ocean’s Tiniest Life-Forms?

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 28 February 20203 November 2021

Ash falling on the ocean after a wildfire could fuel plankton growth.

Several large fires burn in Southern California on 22 October 2007 in this satellite image.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Santa Ana Winds and Wildfires Influence Air Pollution

by David Shultz 24 February 202017 March 2023

Inhaling particulate matter is hard on human health. New research shows that Southern California’s Santa Ana winds can clear or exacerbate fine-particulate pollution depending on wildfire conditions.

Smoke from several California fires is seen from the International Space Station in August of 2018.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Wildfire Smoke Boosts Photosynthetic Efficiency

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 12 February 202022 December 2021

Wildfires can destroy large tracts of vegetation. But their smoke plumes may help crops and other plants use sunlight more efficiently.

Smoldering peat fire emits a hazy smoke over a tropical forest
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Starting (and Stopping) a Fire to Study It

by Michael Allen 10 February 202016 March 2022

Fire experiments on peatlands in Southeast Asia have identified previously unknown emissions patterns and could point to ways to detect these smoldering fires before they become too big to fight.

Satellite image of Southeast Australia with huge billows of smoke
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Where Australia’s Smoke Goes to Die

by M. Kaufman 31 January 202027 March 2023

Wildfires from Down Under contribute to airborne pollution and carbon emissions—and some particulates can stay in the stratosphere for a year.

An aerial view of a burning pasture in Brazil
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Finding Wildfire’s Fingerprint in the Atmosphere

Heather Goss, AGU Publisher by Heather Goss 27 January 202014 March 2023

Smoke from burning landscapes is increasingly filling the air. Eos has dedicated its February 2020 issue to the increasingly important study of wildfire emissions.

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