Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions

SJ Prichard, PF Hessburg, RK Hagmann… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We review science‐based adaptation strategies for western North American (wNA) forests
that include restoring active fire regimes and fostering resilient structure and composition of …

Centering Indigenous voices: The role of fire in the Boreal Forest of North America

AC Christianson, CR Sutherland, F Moola… - Current Forestry …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Indigenous perspectives have often been overlooked in fire
management in North America. With a focus on the boreal region of North America, this …

Abrupt, climate-induced increase in wildfires in British Columbia since the mid-2000s

MA Parisien, QE Barber, ML Bourbonnais… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
In the province of British Columbia, Canada, four of the most severe wildfire seasons of the
last century occurred in the past 7 years: 2017, 2018, 2021, and 2023. To investigate trends …

Increased likelihood of heat-induced large wildfires in the Mediterranean Basin

J Ruffault, T Curt, V Moron, RM Trigo, F Mouillot… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Wildfire activity is expected to increase across the Mediterranean Basin because of climate
change. However, the effects of future climate change on the combinations of atmospheric …

Global rise in forest fire emissions linked to climate change in the extratropics

MW Jones, S Veraverbeke, N Andela, SH Doerr… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Climate change increases fire-favorable weather in forests, but fire trends are also affected
by multiple other controlling factors that are difficult to untangle. We use machine learning to …

Fire suppression makes wildfires more severe and accentuates impacts of climate change and fuel accumulation

MR Kreider, PE Higuera, SA Parks, WL Rice… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Fire suppression is the primary management response to wildfires in many areas globally.
By removing less-extreme wildfires, this approach ensures that remaining wildfires burn …

Disturbances in North American boreal forest and Arctic tundra: impacts, interactions, and responses

AC Foster, JA Wang, GV Frost… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Ecosystems in the North American Arctic-Boreal Zone (ABZ) experience a diverse
set of disturbances associated with wildfire, permafrost dynamics, geomorphic processes …

Reviews & syntheses: arctic fire regimes and emissions in the 21st century

JL McCarty, J Aalto, VV Paunu, SR Arnold… - Biogeosciences …, 2021 - bg.copernicus.org
In recent years, the pan-Arctic region has experienced increasingly extreme fire seasons.
Fires in the northern high latitudes are driven by current and future climate change, lightning …

The right to burn: barriers and opportunities for Indigenous-led fire stewardship in Canada

KM Hoffman, AC Christianson, S Dickson-Hoyle… - Facets, 2022 - facetsjournal.com
Indigenous fire stewardship enhances ecosystem diversity, assists with the management of
complex resources, and reduces wildfire risk by lessening fuel loads. Although Indigenous …

Fifty years of wildland fire science in Canada

SCP Coogan, LD Daniels, D Boychuk… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
We celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research by reflecting
on the considerable progress accomplished in select areas of Canadian wildland fire …