Compound climate extremes in China: Trends, causes, and projections
Human society and ecosystems are impacted by climate extremes more than by climate
averages. In contrast with climate extremes that are driven by individual climatic variables …
averages. In contrast with climate extremes that are driven by individual climatic variables …
Global increase in wildfire potential from compound fire weather and drought
Wildfire can cause significant adverse impacts to society and the environment. Weather and
climate play an important role in modulating wildfire activity. We explore the joint occurrence …
climate play an important role in modulating wildfire activity. We explore the joint occurrence …
Abrupt, climate-induced increase in wildfires in British Columbia since the mid-2000s
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 …
last century occurred in the past 7 years: 2017, 2018, 2021, and 2023. To investigate trends …
Smoke-weather interaction affects extreme wildfires in diverse coastal regions
Extreme wildfires threaten human lives, air quality, and ecosystems. Meteorology plays a
vital role in wildfire behaviors, and the links between wildfires and climate have been widely …
vital role in wildfire behaviors, and the links between wildfires and climate have been widely …
Extreme fire spread events and area burned under recent and future climate in the western USA
Aim Wildfire activity in recent years is notable not only for an expansion of total area burned
but also for large, single‐day fire spread events that pose challenges to ecological systems …
but also for large, single‐day fire spread events that pose challenges to ecological systems …
Cascadia Burning: The historic, but not historically unprecedented, 2020 wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, USA
Wildfires devastated communities in Oregon and Washington in September 2020, burning
almost as much forest west of the Cascade Mountain crest (“the westside”) in 2 weeks …
almost as much forest west of the Cascade Mountain crest (“the westside”) in 2 weeks …
Fire influence on regional to global Environments and air quality (FIREX‐AQ)
Abstract The NOAA/NASA Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air
Quality (FIREX‐AQ) experiment was a multi‐agency, inter‐disciplinary research effort to:(a) …
Quality (FIREX‐AQ) experiment was a multi‐agency, inter‐disciplinary research effort to:(a) …
Projected US drought extremes through the twenty-first century with vapor pressure deficit
Global warming is expected to enhance drought extremes in the United States throughout
the twenty-first century. Projecting these changes can be complex in regions with large …
the twenty-first century. Projecting these changes can be complex in regions with large …
[HTML][HTML] Tamm review: A meta-analysis of thinning, prescribed fire, and wildfire effects on subsequent wildfire severity in conifer dominated forests of the Western US
Increased understanding of how mechanical thinning, prescribed burning, and wildfire affect
subsequent wildfire severity is urgently needed as people and forests face a growing wildfire …
subsequent wildfire severity is urgently needed as people and forests face a growing wildfire …
[PDF][PDF] Shifting social-ecological fire regimes explain increasing structure loss from Western wildfires
Abstract Structure loss is an acute, costly impact of the wildfire crisis in the western
conterminous United States (“West”), motivating the need to understand recent trends and …
conterminous United States (“West”), motivating the need to understand recent trends and …