Climate change brings warmer temperatures and drier weather — conditions favorable for a rapid spread of wildfires.

Land conservation initiatives underwent rapid change in early twentieth-century Wisconsin, culminating in the protection of hundreds of local natural areas scattered across the state.

See how much of your monthly electric bill goes to your utility's profits. An interactive tool from the Energy and Policy Institute.

Climate change and novel fire regimes increasingly challenge stewardship of forests adapted to infrequent, stand-replacing fire. Novel fire regimes may disrupt mechanisms that sustained postfire rege...

Large pulses of disturbance have been observed globally in response to climate change. Using Taylor’s Law, the authors show that those pulses were not unpredictable but expected given a strong scaling...

Abstract. Protected areas form the backbone of modern conservation. However, the current policies and practices in protected areas reinforce a static view

Many of the nation’s largest electric utilities are not on track to achieve their interim emission reduction goals or the “net-zero” targets

Changing global climate and wildfire regimes are threatening forest resilience (i.e., the ability to recover from disturbance). Yet distinguishing areas of “no” versus “slow” postfire forest recovery...

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