Recent wildfire seasons have been worsened by climate change. But wildfires also lead to additional climate warming when they release carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
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Debating whether climate change or forest management has caused the devastating wildfires in California, Washington and Oregon is a false choice.
A new study estimates that $22 billion to $30 billion dollars per year needs to be spent to maintain forests and reduce the likelihood of a pathogen jumping from wildlife to humans.
The Earth may be entering an era in which natural and human-generated fire together are reshaping the planet.
Drones have proven extremely useful for research, collecting detailed data to help monitor hard-to-access areas.
The species which surround a tree in a forest make up the character of its neighbourhood. Good neighbours can make forests resilient to climate change.
Decades of wildfire suppression have allowed flammable fuels to pile up in US forests. Scientists and managers say careful use of planned fires can reduce risks of large, out-of-control burns.
Forest management is not a cure-all for wildfires, although it can help reduce the chances of massive burns. Making this happen will require broad collaborative efforts and more money.
A new survey has identified millions of hectares of forest in dryland areas, a finding that boosts the total global forest cover by 9% and has significant consequences for carbon budgets.
Combining new technologies, including Global Forest Watch, a Forest Monitoring App and Participatory 3D Modelling, brings out traditional knowledge of the elders.
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.
Restoring forest landscapes through active thinning and letting fires burn in order to minimize fire damage has proved harder and less effective than advocates believed, says historian of fire.
When Europeans first arrived in Australia’s Southwest, they found vast tracts of huge jarrah trees. Now, after logging and dwindling rainfall, only a handful of these giants remain.
Logging of wet forest in Victoria was partially to blame for the severity of the Black Saturday bush fires. Researchers from…
The Central Highlands of Victoria are home to the world’s tallest flowering plants, the Mountain Ash, and one of Australia’s most endangered mammals, the Leadbeater’s Possum. Both are threatened by ongoing…
Trees in forests of the eastern states of the United States are speeding up their life cycles in response to climate change…
Biologists in the US have discovered the number and physical condition of woodland salamanders can be linked to a forest’s…
In debates about climate change and the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, there is a widely-held belief that market mechanisms, like the Labor government’s carbon pricing scheme, will reduce emissions…
The Australian Government has recently committed to a second round of the Kyoto Protocol to run from 2013-2020. In doing so, Australia is required to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 5…
Setting out strictly protected areas is more effective in combating deforestation in the Amazon than using designated removal…
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Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
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Sr. Associate Vice President for Research and Research Professor, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor of Forest and Natural Resource Policy, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor ANU College of Law and Associate Director of the ANU Centre for Climate Law and Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
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Director of Food Innovation, University of Adelaide
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Researcher in carbon policy and science, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Environmental Biology, Curtin University
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Research Scientist of Forest Ecology, University of Washington
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Assistant Professor of History, University of Oregon
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Conservation Director, Wildlife Ecologist and Microbiologist at the African Conservation Foundation. Lecturer and board member at the Institute of Biodiversity and Non-Profit Studies, University of Buea
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Associate professor and Director - TERN AusPlots and Eco-informatics, University of Adelaide
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Assistant Research Professor and Director, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon
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PhD Candidate, Forest Ecology, Resilience and Biodiversity Conservation, University of Stirling
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Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia
