Research into post-wildfire effects began in the United States more than 70years ago and
only later extended to other parts of the world. Post-wildfire responses are typically transient …

Many physical, chemical, mineralogical, and biological soil properties can be affected by
forest fires. The effects are chiefly a result of burn severity, which consists of peak …

Each year wildland fires kill and injure trees on millions of forested hectares globally,
affecting plant and animal biodiversity, carbon storage, hydrologic processes, and …

The extent of the soil organic carbon pool doubles that present in the atmosphere and is
about two to three times greater than that accumulated in living organisms in all Earth's …

Contaminated soils pose a risk to human and ecological health, and thermal remediation is
an efficient and reliable way to reduce soil contaminant concentration in a range of …

After vegetation fires considerable amounts of severely or partly charred necromass
(referred to here as char) are incorporated into the soil, with long-term consequences for soil …

This state-of-knowledge review about the effects of fire on soils and water can assist land
and fire managers with information on the physical, chemical, and biological effects of fire …

Wildfires are part of the natural cycle of life in vegetated regions. The apparent increase in
size and frequency of recent years reflects land management legacy, expansion of human …

Spending on postfire emergency watershed rehabilitation has increased during the past
decade. A west-wide evaluation of USDA Forest Service burned area emergency …

The severity of fire varies in time and space depending not only on the biophysical
environment, but also on the location on the fire's perimeter (head vs. flank vs. rear). Spatial …