Abstract The 2019/20 Black Summer bushfire disaster in southeast Australia was
unprecedented: the extensive area of forest burnt, the radiative power of the fires, and the …

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 activity in Australia is strongly affected by high inter-annual climate variability and
extremes. Through changes in the climate, anthropogenic climate change has the potential …

The Pantanal region in South America is one of the world's largest wetlands. Since 2019, the
Pantanal has suffered a prolonged drought that has spelled disaster for the region, and …

Disastrous bushfires during the last months of 2019 and January 2020 affected Australia,
raising the question to what extent the risk of these fires was exacerbated by anthropogenic …

The year 2020 had the most catastrophic fire season over the last two decades in the
Pantanal, which led to outstanding environmental impacts. Indeed, much of the Pantanal …

Wildfire can cause significant adverse impacts to society and the environment. Weather and
climate play an important role in modulating wildfire activity. We explore the joint occurrence …

One-third of global forest is harvested for timber, generating~ US $1.5 trillion annually. High-
severity wildfires threaten this timber production. Here we combine global maps of logging …

Drought and pluvial transitions have attracted widespread attention. However, the dynamic
evolution and underlying mechanisms of drought and pluvial transitions remain poorly …

Extreme droughts have serious impacts on the pools, fluxes and processes of terrestrial
carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles. A deep understanding is necessary to explore the …