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A man in a bright yellow shirt crouches on a hill, overlooking a burned landscape.
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Pollution from Wildfires Can Contaminate Our Water for up to 8 Years, Study Finds

by Sophie Hurwitz 8 July 20258 July 2025

An analysis of 500 watersheds found levels of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other pollutants up to 103 times higher after a wildfire.

A row of men walk across a desert landscape toward billowing pillars of smoke.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Goldilocks Conditions for Wildfires

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 9 June 20259 June 2025

Twenty years of data from around the world show that areas that are not too dry and not too wet are most conducive to wildfire burning.

A burned-down house has only a frame and a chimney remaining. A few burned trees surround the house, and the Sun is rising or setting in a smoky red sky.
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Charting a Path from Fire Features to Health Outcomes

by Saima May Sidik 5 June 20255 June 2025

A new framework aims to better equip scientists, communities, and decisionmakers to characterize data and rapidly respond to wildland-urban interface fires and their effects on public health.

Fotografía del volcán Pichu Pichu
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Los incendios forestales amenazan los suelos volcánicos de los Andes peruanos

by Sofia Moutinho 7 May 202522 May 2025

Los frágiles ecosistemas de las tierras altas mostraron baja resiliencia a los incendios, lo que los hace más vulnerables a la degradación a largo plazo.

A satellite image of South Korea shows the area that burned in the March 2025 wildfires.
Posted inNews

Climate Change Heightened Conditions of South Korean Fires

by Emily Dieckman 30 April 202530 April 2025

Unusually low rainfall and humidity, combined with windier days, made the catastrophic wildfires more likely.

Photo of the snowy Southern Alps covered in red dust.
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Why the Southern Alps Turned Red During the Summer of 2019-2020

by Bin Zhao 23 April 202522 April 2025

Snow on the Southern Alps turned from white to red in 2019-2020. New geochemical evidence points to the color change resulting from red Australian desert dust carried across the Tasman Sea.

The vehicle on which the two people were travelling, found 800 m away from the impact point San Felice a Cancello. Image from the Italian Fire Brigade: www.vigilfuoco.tv.
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The 27 August 2024 post-fire debris flows in San Felice a Cancello, Italy

by Dave Petley 9 April 20259 April 2025

Guest post by Giuseppe Esposito and Stefano Gariano The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In a recent article published in the journal Landslides, Esposito and Gariano (2025) describe the first post-fire debris flow event with fatal consequences recorded […]

Pichu Pichu dominates the landscape of the Peruvian Andes.
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Wildfires Pose a Threat to Volcanic Soils in the Peruvian Andes

by Sofia Moutinho 20 March 20257 May 2025

Fragile highland ecosystems showed low resilience to fire, which renders them more vulnerable to long-term degradation.

Una foto desenfocada de personas con trajes naranjas trabajando junto a vegetación en llamas.
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¿Seis mil años de quema controlada arruinados?

by Bill Morris 20 February 202524 February 2025

Al alterar prácticas milenarias de gestión del fuego, la colonización creó una situación mortal en los bosques australianos, pero aún no se sabe hasta qué punto se extendió la “quema cultural”.

Aerial view of a debris flow composed of sediment, rocks, and uprooted trees that flowed down a narrow ravine before fanning out over a road and into a river
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Confronting Debris Flow Hazards After Wildfire

by Ann M. Youberg, Luke A. McGuire, Nina Oakley, Francis K. Rengers and Autym Shafer 19 February 202519 February 2025

Scientists and practitioners have identified research priorities to improve scientific understanding of postfire debris flows and meet decisionmaking challenges posed by this growing hazard.

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