We quantified dorsal luminosity and color composition of Psammodromus algirus in burned and adjacent unburned habitats at different times since fire. Lizards inhabiting recently burned areas displaye...

Rivers support billions of people but are among the least protected parts of nature. A major review shows what needs to be done as climate change accelerates.

Climate change is increasing the probability of wildfires in the non-fire-prone forests of Central Europe. Systematic knowledge on tree resistance to fire would help to improve the future management o...

Opinion from Victoria University: When we plan with parents in mind, we build cities that are more compassionate, liveable, and healthy for all

Wildfires now destroy twice as much tree cover per year as two decades ago – a crisis fuelled by climate change

Wildfires in the Argentine Patagonia have burned nearly 12,000 hectares of land, threatening a power plant, a school and rural properties.

We know that heatwaves often trigger bushfires. But predicting when and where large fires will break out is getting more difficult with a warming climate.

The US attack on Venezuela highlights a shifting American foreign policy that dismisses a rules-based global order and focuses on economic interests and military might.

An understanding of fire and climate modeling must inform assessments of climate change impacts on landscape fire.

Off the back of two devastating wildfires in Tongariro National Park, Kate Green takes a look back at some of the big ones, and a look forward at future risk.

In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post we get into the roof of rainforests as the author Leonardo Ziccardi guides us through the unique world of ancient Amazonian trees from the article &…

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WSL forest ecologist Charlotte Grossiord receives an ERC Consolidator Grant to understand forest resilience to climate change.

It could be a sign of what’s to come.

As small aquatic habitats disappear at an alarming rate, private garden ponds may help compensate for the loss of natural habitats and support biodiversity in urban areas. However, as these ponds beco...

Feral: How millions of feral cats are creating a 'bloodbath' across our native heartland.

Regulations make it hard to introduce organisms that quash invasive species. Some experts see missed opportunities.

These findings imply that elevated nitrogen deposition may enhance the invasiveness of A. philoxeroides by influencing the interactions between the plant and its pathogens.

Plant traits capture the remarkable diversity of ecological strategies, yet synthesizing this complexity into coherent frameworks remains challenging. Trait spaces have significantly advanced this ef....

The study, which did not include Antarctica, also identified opportunities to restore up to 20 percent of land ecosystems

Premise The flammability of live leaves in canopies varies considerably among plant species. Identifying macroevolutionary processes that shape variation in leaf flammability contributes to an under.....

A new study suggests wildfire smoke could drive deadly surge in U.S. mortality

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Premise Relationships between flammability and drought tolerance influence vegetation dynamics during fires. A goal of the emerging subdiscipline of pyro-ecophysiology is to identify ecophysiologica.....

The Asian amphibians arrived just 10 years ago. Now in th...

Study co-authored by a UC Santa Barbara professor sheds light on timing, size, and speed of recent wildfires, including the Gifford Fire.

Canada’s response to the extreme weather threat is being upended as the traditional epicentre of the blazes shifts as the climate warms

Europe is on track for its worst wildfire season on record as swaths of the continent – including France, Spain, Albania, Portugal and Greece — battle raging, deadly fires as temperature soar above 10...

France is battling one of the biggest wildfires in decades that is now larger than Paris. As climate change fuels record drought and heat that make wildfires more frequent and extreme, can we reduce f...

Lightning is a fundamental Earth system process that influences the world's major forest biomes and their carbon storage through two primary pathways. Lightning is the major cause of boreal forest fi....