Vegetation fires in the Anthropocene

DMJS Bowman, CA Kolden, JT Abatzoglou… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Vegetation fires are an essential component of the Earth system but can also cause
substantial economic losses, severe air pollution, human mortality and environmental …

Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene

LT Kelly, KM Giljohann, A Duane, N Aquilué… - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND Fire has shaped the diversity of life on Earth for millions of years. Variation
in fire regimes continues to be a source of biodiversity across the globe, and many plants …

Understanding fire regimes for a better Anthropocene

LT Kelly, MS Fletcher, IO Menor… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Fire is an integral part of the Earth System and humans have skillfully used fire for millennia.
Yet human activities are scaling up and reinforcing each other in ways that are resha** …

Megafire‐induced interval squeeze threatens vegetation at landscape scales

TD Le Breton, MB Lyons, RH Nolan… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires in 2019–2020 broke global records for extent and severity, affirming the arrival of
the megafire era. Frequent megafires reflect changes to fire regimes that can negatively …

Climatic and local stressor interactions threaten tropical forests and coral reefs

FM França, CE Benkwitt, G Peralta… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Tropical forests and coral reefs host a disproportionately large share of global biodiversity
and provide ecosystem functions and services used by millions of people. Yet, ongoing …

Urban climate resilience through hybrid infrastructure

E Andersson, NB Grimm, JA Lewis, CL Redman… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Changing disturbance cycles call for qualitatively different layers of
resilience.•Hybrid infrastructure is inherently flexible and multi-functional.•Hybridity offers …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of the 2017 Knysna fires disaster with emphasis on fire spread, home losses and the influence of vegetation and weather conditions: A South African …

NF Quiroz, L Gibson, WS Conradie, P Ryan… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires are becoming more common globally.
However, most research has been focused on developed regions such as North America …

Measuring flammability of crops, pastures, fruit trees, and weeds: A novel tool to fight wildfires in agricultural landscapes

T Pagadala, MA Alam, TMR Maxwell… - Science of the total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fires on agricultural land account for 8–11% of the total number of fires that occur globally.
These fires burn through various crops, pastures, and native vegetation on farms, causing …

Climate predicts wildland fire extent across China

AH Shabbir, J Ji, JW Groninger, GN Gueye… - Science of the total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wildland fire extent varies seasonally and interannually in response to climatic and
landscape-level drivers, yet predicting wildfires remains a challenge. Existing linear models …

Beyond a focus on fuel reduction in the WUI: the need for regional wildfire mitigation to address multiple risks

MA Moritz, R Hazard, K Johnston, M Mayes… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
There are thousands of communities and millions of homes in fire-prone wildland–urban
interface (WUI) environments. Although future developments may be sited and designed to …