Abstract Background Wildfires in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and
western Montana, USA) have been immense in recent years, capturing the attention of …

Rising greenhouse gases are changing the Earth's climate and adversely affecting
ecosystems that currently provide a suite of invaluable benefits, from cleaning water to …

Recent wildfires in the western United States have led to substantial economic losses and
social stresses. There is a great concern that the new climatic state may further increase the …

Wildfire is a major driver of nitrogen (N) cycling and export from terrestrial to aquatic
systems. While fire is a natural process in many watersheds, it can still degrade water quality …

Nearly 0.8 million hectares of land were burned in the North American Pacific Northwest
(PNW) over two weeks under record-breaking fuel aridity and winds during the extraordinary …

Abstract The 1994 Northwest Forest Plan signified a watershed moment for natural resource
management on federal lands in the Pacific Northwest. It established clear priorities for …

Climate, disturbance, vegetation response and their interaction are key factors in predicting
the distribution and function of ecosystems across landscapes. A range of factors, operating …

Long-term trends in warming have continued at global, national and regional scales.
Globally, 2014-2018 were the 5 warmest years on record both on land and in the ocean …

The natural range of variation (NRV) is an important reference for ecosystem management,
but has been scarcely quantified for forest landscapes driven by infrequent, severe …

Fire is an integral natural disturbance in the moist temperate forests of the Pacific Northwest
of the United States, but future changes remain uncertain. Fire regimes in this climatically …