No single factor produces wildfires; rather, they occur when fire thresholds (ignitions, fuels,
and drought) are crossed. Anomalous weather events may lower these thresholds and …

Wildfires in many western North American forests are becoming more frequent, larger, and
severe, with changed seasonal patterns. In response, coniferous forest ecosystems will …

Background California in the year 2020 experienced a record breaking number of large
fires. Here, we place this and other recent years in a historical context by examining records …

An increasing amount of California's landscape has burned in wildfires in recent decades, in
conjunction with increasing temperatures and vapor pressure deficit due to climate change …

Wildfire can both promote and erode resilience to future disturbances in fire‐adapted
ecosystems. Through a combination of past fire exclusion and climate change, fire patterns …

Wildfires are increasing in size and severity and fire seasons are lengthening, largely driven
by climate and land-use change. Many plant species from fire-prone ecosystems are …

Downslope wind‐driven fires have resulted in many of the wildfire disasters in the western
United States and represent a unique hazard to infrastructure and human life. We analyze …

Tens of thousands of structures and hundreds of human lives have been lost in recent fire
events throughout California. Given the potential for these types of wildfires to continue, the …

Abstract Background The 2018 Camp Fire, which destroyed 18,804 structures in northern
California, including most of the town of Paradise, provided an opportunity to investigate …