Multi-decadal increase of forest burned area in Australia is linked to climate change
This study finds that the factors driving increases in Australian burned areas are associated with anthropogenic climate change.Read More →
Wildfire response to changing daily temperature extremes in California’s Sierra Nevada
This study quantifies the sensitivity of wildfire occurrence and burned area in the Sierra Nevada to daily meteorological variables during 2001–2020.Read More →
Increasing large wildfires over the western United States linked to diminishing sea ice in the Arctic
This study shows that increasing large wildfires during autumn over the western U.S. are fueled by more fire-favorable weather associated with declines in Arctic sea ice.
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The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future
This review article represents the consensus of leading researchers on the health impacts of climate change.Read More →
Assessment of Historic and Future Trends of Extreme Weather in Texas, 1900-2036
This report analyzes historic observations of temperature, precipitation, and extreme weather in Texas and identifies ongoing and likely future trends out to the year 2036.Read More →
Dangerous Air: As California burns, America breathes toxic smoke
An analysis of federal satellite imagery by NPR’s California Newsroom and Stanford University’s Environmental Change and Human Outcomes Lab found a startling increase in the number of days people are breathing wildfire smoke.Read More →
Air Quality Life Index Annual Update
Assessing the health impacts of air pollution, with a section on how climate change is exacerbating
air pollution.Read More →
Attribution of the Role of Climate Change in the Forest Fires in Sweden 2018
This study investigates the impact of climate change on forest fires in Sweden during the summer of 2018. The findings suggest a moderate increase in fire weather probability with a more robust increase projected under future warming scenarios.Read More →
Greater Yellowstone Climate Assessment: Past, Present, and Future Climate Change in Greater Yellowstone Watersheds
This assessment presents an in-depth summary of past, historical, and projected future changes to temperature, precipitation, and water in the Greater Yellowstone Area.Read More →
Fire impacts on soil microorganisms: mass, activity and diversity
This work is a review of the last three years literature, dealing with the fire impact on mass, activity and diversity of soil microorganisms from soil A horizon.Read More →