Warming of the Earth climate system is unequivocal. That climate changes affect the stability
of natural and engineered slopes and have consequences on landslides, is also …

Wildfires have increased in frequency in many ecosystems, with implications for human
health and the environment, including water quality. Increased fire frequency and …

Increases in burned area across the western United States (US) since the mid‐1980s have
been widely documented and linked partially to climate factors, yet evaluations of trends in …

For many years, scientists have tried to understand, describe and quantify water and
sediment fluxes, with associated substances like pollutants, at multiple scales. In the past …

The increase in dynamic interactions between climate and human activities threatens water
security in terms of water quantity and quality. Most water security studies have focused on …

Fire transforms fuels (ie biomass, necromass, soil organic matter) into materials with different
chemical and physical properties. One of these materials is ash, which is the particulate …

Soils are among the most valuable non-renewable resources on the Earth. They support
natural vegetation and human agro-ecosystems, represent the largest terrestrial organic …

The production of pyrogenic carbon (PyC; a continuum of organic carbon (C) ranging from
partially charred biomass and charcoal to soot) is a widely acknowledged C sink, with the …

In many parts of the world, forests provide high quality water for domestic, agricultural,
industrial, and ecological needs, with water supplies in those regions inextricably linked to …

In recent years, forest fires have increased in terms of frequency, extent and intensity,
especially in Mediterranean countries. Climate characteristics and anthropogenic …