Climate and weather have long been noted as playing key roles in wildfire activity, and
global warming is expected to exacerbate fire impacts on natural and urban ecosystems …

Despite years of accumulating scientific evidence that fire is critical for maintaining the
structure and function of grassland ecosystems in the US Great Plains, fire has not been …

Wildfire risks to homes are increasing, especially in the wildland-urban interface (WUI),
where wildland vegetation and houses are in close proximity. Notably, we found that more …

The economic and ecological costs of wildfire in the United States have risen substantially in
recent decades. Although climate change has likely enabled a portion of the increase in …

We used a database capturing large wildfires (> 405 ha) in the western US to document
regional trends in fire occurrence, total fire area, fire size, and day of year of ignition for 1984 …

Complete and accurate burned area data are needed to document patterns of fires, to
quantify relationships between the patterns and drivers of fire occurrence, and to assess the …

Fire is an integral component of the Earth system that will critically affect how terrestrial
carbon budgets and living systems respond to climate change. Paleo and observational …

Large fires account for the majority of burned area and are an important focus of fire
management. However,'large'is typically defined by a fire size threshold, minimizing the …

A projected 60% of the world's population will live in urban areas by 2030. Urbanization has
major impacts on ecosystem services, and therefore human well-being, but not all groups …

Humans affect fire regimes by providing ignition sources in some cases, suppressing
wildfires in others, and altering natural vegetation in ways that may either promote or limit …