A fact often overlooked is that large-scale wildfires, although occurring infrequently, are
responsible for the overwhelming majority of fire-related suppression costs, economic …

Extreme wildfire events in recent years are shaking our established knowledge of how fire
regimes respond to climate variables and how societies need to react to fire impacts. Albeit …

Firebrands play a vital role in the propagation of fire by starting new fires called spotfires,
ahead of the fire front during wildfire progression. Firebrands are a harbinger of damage to …

Increasing wildfire activity in recent decades, partially related to extended droughts, along
with concern over potential impacts of future climate change on fire activity has resulted in …

Two extreme wind-driven wildfire events impacted California in late 2017, leading to 46
fatalities and thousands of structures lost. This study characterizes the meteorological and …

Habitat loss is often the ultimate cause of species endangerment and is also a leading factor
inhibiting species recovery. For this reason, species‐at‐risk legislation, policies and plans …

The development of comprehensive fire management and risk assessment strategies is of
prominent concern in Southern Europe, due to the expanding scale of wildfire risk. In this …

The November 2018 Camp Fire quickly became the deadliest and most destructive wildfire
in California history. In this case study, we investigate the contribution of meteorological …

The number of large, high-severity fires has increased in the western United States over the
past 30 years due to climate change and increasing tree density from fire suppression. Fuel …

Airborne cloud radar reveals extreme wildfire updrafts (~ 60 ms− 1) and downdrafts (~ 30
ms− 1) rivaling those in supercell thunderstorms. These extreme vertical velocities occur …