Tropical forests harbor a significant portion of global biodiversity and are a critical
component of the climate system. Reducing deforestation and forest degradation contributes …

Forest fires are emitting substantial amounts of greenhouse gases and particulate matter
into the atmosphere than assumed in state climate targets. It can play an important role in …

Central and South America (CSA) is a highly diverse region, both culturally and biologically.
It has one of the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet (Hoorn et al., 2010; Zador et al …

Abstract The two Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments on-
board NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites have provided nearly two decades of global fire …

Ammonia (NH 3) plays an increasingly important role in the global biogeochemical cycle of
reactive nitrogen as well as in aerosol formation and climate. We present extensive and …

Aim Andean montane forests are biodiversity hotspots and large carbon stores and they
provide numerous ecosystem services. Following land abandonment after centuries of forest …

Government and international agencies have highlighted the need to focus global change
research efforts on tropical ecosystems. However, no recent comprehensive review exists …

Aim We provide the first European‐scale geospatial training set relating the charcoal signal
in surface lake sediments to fire parameters (number, intensity and area) recorded by …

In less than 15 years, the Amazon region experienced three major droughts. Links between
droughts and fires have been demonstrated for the 1997/1998, 2005, and 2010 droughts. In …

Mediterranean regions are likely to be the most vulnerable areas to wildfires in Europe. In
this context, land-use change has promoted land abandonment and the consequent …