Climate change contributes to the increased frequency and intensity of wildfires globally,
with significant impacts on society and the environment. However, our understanding of the …

For many years, scientists have tried to understand, describe and quantify water and
sediment fluxes, with associated substances like pollutants, at multiple scales. In the past …

Centralized water infrastructure has, over the last century, brought safe and reliable drinking
water to much of the world. But climate change, combined with aging and underfunded …

Abstract 2020 is the year of wildfire records. California experienced its three largest fires
early in its fire season. The Pantanal, the largest wetland on the planet, burned over 20% of …

Post-fire hydrologic research typically focuses on the first few years after a wildfire, leading
to substantial uncertainty regarding the longevity of impacts. The time needed for hydrologic …

Annually, millions of hectares of land are affected by wildfires worldwide, disrupting
ecosystems functioning by affecting on-site vegetation, soil, and above-and belowground …

Forest fires are a well-known source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), playing an
important role on their formation and redistribution across the terrestrial and aquatic …

Coastal mountain rivers export disproportionately high quantities of terrestrial organic
carbon (OC) directly to the ocean, feeding microbial communities and altering coastal …

The mobilisation of potentially harmful chemical constituents in wildfire ash can be a major
consequence of wildfires, posing widespread societal risks. Knowledge of wildfire ash …

This short paper provides the framework and introduction to this special issue of
International Journal of Wildland Fire. Its eight papers were selected from those presented at …