Continent-based systematic review of the short-term health impacts of wildfire emissions

B Barros, M Oliveira, S Morais - Journal of Toxicology and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This review systematically gathers and provides an analysis of pollutants levels emitted from
wildfire (WF) and their impact on short-term health effects of affected populations. The …

Global population exposure to landscape fire air pollution from 2000 to 2019

R Xu, T Ye, X Yue, Z Yang, W Yu, Y Zhang, ML Bell… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Wildfires are thought to be increasing in severity and frequency as a result of climate
change,,,–. Air pollution from landscape fires can negatively affect human health,–, but …

[HTML][HTML] Tropical peatlands in the anthropocene: the present and the future

NT Girkin, HV Cooper, MJ Ledger, P O'Reilly… - Anthropocene, 2022 - Elsevier
Tropical peatlands are a globally important carbon store. They host significant biodiversity
and provide a range of other important ecosystem services, including food and medicines for …

The state of wildfire and bushfire science: Temporal trends, research divisions and knowledge gaps

M Haghani, E Kuligowski, A Rajabifard, CA Kolden - Safety science, 2022 - Elsevier
Along with the increase in the frequency of disastrous wildfires and bushfires around the
world during the recent decades, scholarly research efforts have also intensified in this …

Global, regional, and national mortality burden attributable to air pollution from landscape fires: a health impact assessment study

R Xu, T Ye, W Huang, X Yue, L Morawska… - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Landscape fire-sourced (LFS) air pollution is an increasing public health
concern in the context of climate change. However, little is known about the attributable …

[HTML][HTML] Peat fires and legacy toxic metal release: An integrative biogeochemical and ecohydrological conceptual framework

CPR McCarter, GD Clay, SL Wilkinson, G Sigmund… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Peatlands are potent landscape sinks of natural and industrial toxic metals and metalloids
(TMMs) but the long-term sequestration of TMMs in peatlands is at increasing risk due to …

Assessment of peatland burning in Scotland during 1985–2022 using Landsat imagery

BD Spracklen, DV Spracklen - Ecological Solutions and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In the Scottish uplands, prescribed burning of moorland vegetation is widely practised either
to boost gamebird numbers for recreational shooting or to improve livestock grazing. In …

In temperate Europe, fire is already here: The case of The Netherlands

CR Stoof, E Kok, A Cardil Forradellas, MJE Van Marle - Ambio, 2024 - Springer
Landscape fires are usually not associated with temperate Europe, yet not all temperate
countries record statistics indicating that actual risks remain unknown. Here we introduce …

[HTML][HTML] The assessment of two smoke modelling systems for forecasting local air quality impacts from smouldering peat fires

F Reisen, J Noonan, S Gribben, M Cope, J Choi… - Atmospheric …, 2025 - Elsevier
On 17 March 2018 major grassland fires in south-west Victoria, Australia ignited several
peat bogs. The peat fires smouldered for 40 days, generating substantial amounts of smoke …

Emotional responses to COVID-19 stressors increase information avoidance about an important unrelated health threat

CR Gustafson, KR Brooks, SIA Meerza, A Yiannaka - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The COVID-19 pandemic, like other crises, has had direct and indirect impacts on
individuals, many of which have been negative. While a large body of research has …