Italy, Portugal and Spain have all gone up in flames in recent weeks, highlighting the need to rethink how Mediterranean countries protect people and save ecosystems.
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Wildfires amid climate change may spark a radical shift in forest habitats and wildlife. They aren't just a destructive force of man and nature. They're a key factor in forest ecosystem renewal.
Forests are valuable for many uses, including timber, clean water, wildlife habitat and recreation. Stresses on U.S. forests include wildfires, pest invasions and development of private lands.
Climate change should have a significant impact on fire activity across the globe.
In a part of Washington state hit hard by extreme fire, a fire ecologist explains how prescribed burns and thinning can make the land more fire-resilient.
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Wildfire Specialist at the University of California Cooperative Extension; Adjunct Professor Bren School of Environmental Studies, University of California Santa Barbara
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Sr. Associate Vice President for Research and Research Professor, University of Oregon
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Academic Coordinator, California Institute for Water Resources, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Purdue University
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David Bowman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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ARC DECRA fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Centenary Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
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Professor of Conservation Science, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor of Forest and Natural Resource Policy, Colorado State University
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Assistant Professor of Community and Environmental Health, Boise State University
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Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University
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Associate Professor of Geography and Director, Earth Lab, University of Colorado Boulder
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Honorary Professor, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne
