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Check out the agendas for our next two webinars co-organised by the FirEUrisk and SILVANUS EU Horizons projects. The webinars focus on sharing the best practices for living and managing wildfires in E...

Check out the agendas for our next two webinars co-organised by the FirEUrisk and SILVANUS EU Horizons projects. The webinars focus on sharing the best practices for living and managing wildfires in E...

Check out the agendas for our next two webinars co-organised by the FirEUrisk and SILVANUS EU Horizons projects. The webinars focus on sharing the best practices for living and managing wildfires in E...

Understanding the erratic behaviour of wind and embers at fire fronts could save lives.

Research shows that social media influencers can shape climate denialism around the world.

Data collected from more than 2,000 taxa provide an unparalleled opportunity to quantify how extreme wildfires affect biodiversity, revealing that the largest effects on plants and animals were in…

In the FirEUrisk Project, we are committed to developing a “Conceptual framework for integrating risk assessment, reduction and adaptation”, to be tested and applied at local, regional, national and/o...

A new Lancet study has linked heart and respiratory illnesses to air pollution from forest fires and controlled burning of cropland. China, India, Nigeria and Indonesia were among the worst-hit…

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The third #FIREURISK training event (held on line the 8-11-2024) addressed Europe’s growing challenges with extreme #fires and wildland-urban interface (WUI)...

Background Wildfire research uses ensemble methods to analyse fire behaviours and assess uncertainties. Nonetheless, current research methods are either confined to simple models or complex…

Witnesses describe homes being

Emergency, public health and climate action plans rarely mention deliberately lit fires and how to prevent them. And there are few services for offenders to stop them lighting fires again.

Dissecting risk to prevent extreme wildfires A unified European response to an increasing hazard Dissecting risk to prevent extreme wildfires A unified European response to an increasing h...

Dissecting risk to prevent extreme wildfires A unified European response to an increasing hazard Dissecting risk to prevent extreme wildfires A unified European response to an increasing hazard

As 2024 comes to an end, we approach the completion of the FirEUrisk project. Reflecting on the year, we acknowledge the significant progress made in wildfire management strategies. However, continued...

In the semiarid rangelands of the western US, the annual grass invasion and wildfire depleted the soil carbon in deep horizons and led to ecosystem carbon loss across 400,000 hectares, according to…

The transition zone where unoccupied wildlands meet developed areas increased globally by about 35 percent from 2000 to 2020.

Floods and other extreme weather events are happening more often because of climate change.

Background Anthropogenic climate change globally increases wildfire risk. Understanding how wildfire threats impact community-wide risk perceptions and response options will critically inform resilien...

Global heating particularly increasing risk of death from smoke inhalation in Australia, South America, Europe and parts of Asia

In a warming world, future rapid permafrost thawing can cause significant soil drying, surface warming, and atmospheric drying in the Arctic-Subarctic region, leading to an intensification of peat…

Firefighters are stoic about the risks they face but say climate change has affected every part of the job