Machine learning in environmental research: common pitfalls and best practices

JJ Zhu, M Yang, ZJ Ren - Environmental Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Machine learning (ML) is increasingly used in environmental research to process large data
sets and decipher complex relationships between system variables. However, due to the …

A review of machine learning applications in wildfire science and management

P Jain, SCP Coogan, SG Subramanian… - Environmental …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
Artificial intelligence has been applied in wildfire science and management since the 1990s,
with early applications including neural networks and expert systems. Since then, the field …

Climate change impact on future wildfire danger and activity in southern Europe: a review

J Dupuy, H Fargeon, N Martin-StPaul, F Pimont… - Annals of Forest …, 2020 - Springer
Key message Wildfire danger and burnt areas should increase over the century in southern
Europe, owing to climate warming. Fire-prone area expansion to the north and to …

Exacerbated fires in Mediterranean Europe due to anthropogenic warming projected with non-stationary climate-fire models

M Turco, JJ Rosa-Cánovas, J Bedia, S Jerez… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The observed trend towards warmer and drier conditions in southern Europe is projected to
continue in the next decades, possibly leading to increased risk of large fires. However, an …

[HTML][HTML] Multivariate quantile map** bias correction: an N-dimensional probability density function transform for climate model simulations of multiple variables

AJ Cannon - Climate dynamics, 2018 - Springer
Most bias correction algorithms used in climatology, for example quantile map**, are
applied to univariate time series. They neglect the dependence between different variables …

[HTML][HTML] Leveraging the power of internet of things and artificial intelligence in forest fire prevention, detection, and restoration: A comprehensive survey

S Giannakidou, P Radoglou-Grammatikis, T Lagkas… - Internet of Things, 2024 - Elsevier
Forest fires are a persistent global problem, causing devastating consequences such as loss
of human lives, harm to the environment, and substantial economic losses. To mitigate these …

Europe faces up to tenfold increase in extreme fires in a warming climate

S El Garroussi, F Di Giuseppe, C Barnard… - npj Climate and …, 2024 - nature.com
This study quantifies how changes in temperature and precipitation would influence the
intensity and duration of extreme fires across Europe. The analysis explores the impact of a …

Decreasing fires in mediterranean Europe

M Turco, J Bedia, F Di Liberto, P Fiorucci… - PLoS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Forest fires are a serious environmental hazard in southern Europe. Quantitative
assessment of recent trends in fire statistics is important for assessing the possible shifts …

Forest fire danger extremes in Europe under climate change: variability and uncertainty

D De Rigo, G Libertà, TH Durrant, TA Vivancos… - 2017 - hal.science
Forests cover over a third of the total land area of Europe. In recent years, large forest fires
have repeatedly affected Europe, in particular the Mediterranean countries. Fire danger is …

Climate change impacts on wildfires in a Mediterranean environment

M Turco, MC Llasat, J von Hardenberg, A Provenzale - Climatic Change, 2014 - Springer
We analyse the observed climate-driven changes in summer wildfires and their future
evolution in a typical Mediterranean environment (NE Spain). By analysing observed climate …