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Kelp gigante en agua azul y soleada.
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Cuando los bosques en la tierra arden, los bosques submarinos sienten el impacto

by J. Besl 31 January 202431 January 2024

El kelp es un hábitat, un sumidero de carbono y un agente aglomerante en tu helado. Pero estudios recientes muestran que los bosques de kelp en California son afectados por el destino de sus contrapartes sobre tierra.

Photo of a dryland with shrubs.
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New Tracers of Wind Erosion Provide Insight into Dryland Vegetation

by Gregory Okin 25 January 202423 January 2024

Rare earth element tracers provide insight into how fire and wind transport influence the vegetation state of the world’s drylands.

A neighborhood covered in thick, orange smoke.
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The Connections Between Landscape Fires and Your Health

by Nancy French, Tatiana Loboda and Robin Puett 20 December 202322 January 2024

A transdisciplinary reference guide to investigating relationships between biomass burning during landscape fires, the smoke it creates, and the impacts on human health and well-being.

Giant kelp grows in sunny, blue water.
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When Forests on Land Burn, Forests Underwater Feel the Impact

by J. Besl 18 December 20239 February 2024

Kelp is a habitat, a carbon sink, and a binding agent in your ice cream. But new research shows that California’s kelp forests are affected by the fate of their counterparts on land.

A researcher at street level looks uphill at downed trees and other debris from a debris flow.
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Postfire Debris Flows Strike in a Puzzling Pattern

by Eli Ramos 15 December 202315 December 2023

California geologists are improving their understanding and forecasting of which slopes in wildfire-burned areas might fail during heavy rainstorms.

A young woman in a forest recently burned by wildfire squats to collect a soil core sample using a tube and a mallet.
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Fire Histories May Be Written on Grains of Sand

by Carolyn Wilke 21 November 202321 November 2023

Tiny bits of quartz record the intensity of fires from hundreds or even thousands of years ago, potentially offering new ways to study historic fires and how heat affects soil.

A firefighter stands in front of burning grass and trees.
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Climate Change Narrows the Window for Prescribed Fires

by Caroline Hasler 16 November 202316 November 2023

Longer, drier summers may mean fewer opportunities for firefighters to safely burn would-be wildfire fuel in the western United States.

A large forest fire burns on a mountainside.
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Natural Nitrogen Emissions Are Rising in California

by Nathaniel Scharping 13 October 202313 October 2023

Wildfires and soil microbes are releasing more nitrogen oxides in California as the climate gets warmer and drier.

Thick, yellow-tinted smoke rises from a fire burning trees on a hillside beyond a couple of structures and a fire truck.
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How Wildfires and Weather Affect Portugal’s Public Health

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 12 October 20237 November 2024

Researchers dug into data to examine the effects of wildfires, pollutants, and meteorological factors on mortality and cardiovascular health in the Iberian country.

2 maps of the western United States
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Wet Conditions Delay Wildfire Detection

by Guiling Wang 29 August 202328 August 2023

When accompanied by a considerable amount of rainfall, ignition of wildfire by lightning over forested land may not be detected until days later.

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