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Large-scale fire whirl and forest fire disasters: awareness, implications, and the need for developing preventative methods
Darwish Ahmad, Akafuah, Forthofer, Fuchihata, Hirasawa, Kuwana, Nakamura, Sekimoto, Saito, Williams
The authors are a team of fire whirl researchers who have been actively studying whirls and large-scale wildland fires by directly observing them through fire-fighting efforts and applying theory, scale modeling, and numerical simulations in fire…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Estimating climate-sensitive wildfire risk and tree mortality models for use in broad-scale U.S. forest carbon projections
Pokharel, Latta, Ohrel
This study utilizes forest inventory and climate attributes as the basis for estimating models of wildfire risk and associated biomass loss (tree mortality) and then demonstrates how they can be applied in calculating CO2 emissions related to the…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Fuel treatment effectiveness at the landscape scale: a systematic review of simulation studies comparing treatment scenarios in North America
Ott, Kilkenny, Jain
Background: The risk of destructive wildfire on fire-prone landscapes with excessive fuel buildup has prompted the use of fuel reduction treatments to protect valued resources from wildfire damage. The question of how to maximize the effectiveness…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Forest fire and smoke detection using deep learning-based learning without forgetting
Sathishkumar, Cho, Subramanian, Naren
Background: Forests are an essential natural resource to humankind, providing a myriad of direct and indirect benefits. Natural disasters like forest fires have a major impact on global warming and the continued existence of life on Earth. Automatic…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Projections of fire emissions and the consequent impacts on air quality under 1.5 °C and 2 °C global warming
Tian, Yue, Zhu, Liao, Yang, Chen, Zhou, Lei, Zhou, Cao
Fire is a major source of atmospheric aerosols and trace gases. Projection of future fire activities is challenging due to the joint impacts of climate, vegetation, and human activities. Here, we project global changes of fire-induced particulate…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Growing convergence research: coproducing climate projections to inform proactive decisions for managing simultaneous wildfire risk
Cullen, Prichard, Abatzoglou, Dolk, Kessenich, Bloem, Bukovsky, Humphrey, McGinnis, Skinner, Mearns
We apply a convergence research approach to the urgent need for proactive management of long-term risk associated with wildfire in the United States. In this work we define convergence research in accordance with the US National Science Foundation—…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Future direction of fuels management in sagebrush rangelands
Shinneman, Strand, Pellant, Abatzoglou, Brunson, Glenn, Heinrichs, Sadegh, Vaillant
Sagebrush ecosystems in the United States have been declining since EuroAmerican settlement, largely due to agricultural and urban development, invasive species, and altered fire regimes, resulting in loss of biodiversity and wildlife habitat. To…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Integrating plant physiology into simulation of fire behavior and effects
Dickman, Jonko, Linn, Altintas, Atchley, Bär, Collins, Dupuy, Gallagher, Hiers, Hoffman, Hood, Hurteau, Jolly, Josephson, Loudermilk, Ma, Michaletz, Nolan, O'Brien, Parsons, Feltrin, Pimont, de Dios, Restaino, Robbins, Sartor, Schultz-Fellenz, Serbin, Sevanto, Shuman, Sieg, Skowronski, Weise, Wright, Xu, Yebra, Younes
Wildfires are a global crisis, but current fire models fail to capture vegetation response to changing climate. With drought and elevated temperature increasing the importance of vegetation dynamics to fire behavior, and the advent of next…
Year: 2023
Type: Document

Wildfire and Climate Change Adaptation of Western North American Forests: A Case for Proactive Management
Prichard, Hagmann, Hessburg
Climate change and wildfires pose an existential threat to western North American forests, a reality which necessitates place-based strategies to increase their resilience – if forests are to be widely conserved. EuroAmerican colonization,…
Year: 2023
Type: Media

Automated habitat monitoring systems linked to adaptive management: a new paradigm for species conservation in an era of rapid environmental change
Shirk, Jones, Yang, Davis, Ganey, Gutiérrez, Healey, Hedwall, Hoagland, Maes, Malcolm, McKelvey, Vynne, Sanderlin, Schwartz, Seamans, Wan, Cushman
Context Recent increases in ecological disturbances driven by climate change and our expanding human footprint make it challenging for natural resource managers to keep apprised of current conditions and adjust management plans accordingly. To…
Year: 2023
Type: Document