Madagascar's extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities

H Ralimanana, AL Perrigo, RJ Smith, JS Borrell… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Madagascar's unique biota is heavily affected by human activity and is under intense threat.
Here, we review the current state of knowledge on the conservation status of Madagascar's …

Carbon loss from forest degradation exceeds that from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Y Qin, X ** with deep learning
X Hu, Y Ban, A Nascetti - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Accurate burned area information is needed to assess the impacts of wildfires on people,
communities, and natural ecosystems. Various burned area detection methods have been …

Increased burned area in the Pantanal over the past two decades

DB Correa, E Alcântara, R Libonati, KG Massi… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wildfires are behaving differently now compared to other time in history in relation to
frequency, intensity and affected ecosystems. In Brazil, unprecedented fires are being …

Fire frequency and related land-use and land-cover changes in Indonesia's peatlands

Y Vetrita, MA Cochrane - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Indonesia's converted peatland areas have a well-established fire problem, but limited
studies have examined the frequency with which they are burning. Here, we quantify fire …

Co-occurrence of marine and atmospheric heatwaves with drought conditions and fire activity in the Mediterranean region

R Santos, A Russo, CM Gouveia - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Climate change has become a major concern in the twenty-first century, leading to the
amplification of extreme events and, consequently, to severe impacts on society, economy …