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The changing risk and burden of wildfire in the United States by Burke, Marshall, Driscoll, Anne, Heft-Neal, Sam, Xue, Jiani, Burney, Jennifer, Wara, Michael

“…Recent dramatic and deadly increases in global wildfire activity have increased attention on the causes of wildfires, their consequences, and how risk from…”
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Rapid growth of the US wildland-urban interface raises wildfire risk by Radeloff, Volker C, Helmers, David P, Kramer, H Anu, Mockrin, Miranda H, Alexandre, Patricia M, Bar-Massada, Avi, Butsic, Van, Hawbaker, Todd J, Martinuzzi, Sebastián, Syphard, Alexandra D, Stewart, Susan I

“…The wildland-urban interface (WUI) is the area where houses and wildland vegetation meet or intermingle, and where wildfire problems are most pronounced. Here…”
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Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system by Flores, Bernardo M., Montoya, Encarni, Sakschewski, Boris, Nascimento, Nathália, Staal, Arie, Betts, Richard A., Levis, Carolina, Lapola, David M., Esquível-Muelbert, Adriane, Jakovac, Catarina, Nobre, Carlos A., Oliveira, Rafael S., Borma, Laura S., Nian, Da, Boers, Niklas, Hecht, Susanna B., ter Steege, Hans, Arieira, Julia, Lucas, Isabella L., Berenguer, Erika, Marengo, José A., Gatti, Luciana V., Mattos, Caio R. C., Hirota, Marina

“…The possibility that the Amazon forest system could soon reach a tipping point, inducing large-scale collapse, has raised global concern 1 – 3 . For 65 million…”
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Invasive grasses increase fire occurrence and frequency across US ecoregions by Fusco, Emily J, Finn, John T, Balch, Jennifer K, Nagy, R Chelsea, Bradley, Bethany A

“…Fire-prone invasive grasses create novel ecosystem threats by increasing fine-fuel loads and continuity, which can alter fire regimes. While the existence of…”
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Carbon emissions from the 2023 Canadian wildfires by Byrne, Brendan, Liu, Junjie, Bowman, Kevin W., Pascolini-Campbell, Madeleine, Chatterjee, Abhishek, Pandey, Sudhanshu, Miyazaki, Kazuyuki, van der Werf, Guido R., Wunch, Debra, Wennberg, Paul O., Roehl, Coleen M., Sinha, Saptarshi

“…The 2023 Canadian forest fires have been extreme in scale and intensity with more than seven times the average annual area burned compared to the previous four…”
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Is destocking causing more upland wildfires? by Mills, Georgina

“…With an increasing number of wildfires blazing in the uplands of the UK, Georgina Mills reports on calls for a discussion of the role that destocking may be…”
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The global wildland–urban interface by Schug, Franz, Bar-Massada, Avi, Carlson, Amanda R., Cox, Heather, Hawbaker, Todd J., Helmers, David, Hostert, Patrick, Kaim, Dominik, Kasraee, Neda K., Martinuzzi, Sebastián, Mockrin, Miranda H., Pfoch, Kira A., Radeloff, Volker C.

“…The wildland–urban interface (WUI) is where buildings and wildland vegetation meet or intermingle 1 , 2 . It is where human–environmental conflicts and risks…”
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Increasing wildfires threaten historic carbon sink of boreal forest soils by Walker, Xanthe J., Baltzer, Jennifer L., Cumming, Steven G., Day, Nicola J., Ebert, Christopher, Goetz, Scott, Johnstone, Jill F., Potter, Stefano, Rogers, Brendan M., Schuur, Edward A. G., Turetsky, Merritt R., Mack, Michelle C.

“…Boreal forest fires emit large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere primarily through the combustion of soil organic matter 1 – 3 . During each fire, a…”
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Warming weakens the night-time barrier to global fire by Balch, Jennifer K., Abatzoglou, John T., Joseph, Maxwell B., Koontz, Michael J., Mahood, Adam L., McGlinchy, Joseph, Cattau, Megan E., Williams, A. Park

“…Night-time provides a critical window for slowing or extinguishing fires owing to the lower temperature and the lower vapour pressure deficit (VPD). However,…”
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Implications of the 2019–2020 megafires for the biogeography and conservation of Australian vegetation by Godfree, Robert C., Knerr, Nunzio, Encinas-Viso, Francisco, Albrecht, David, Bush, David, Christine Cargill, D., Clements, Mark, Gueidan, Cécile, Guja, Lydia K., Harwood, Tom, Joseph, Leo, Lepschi, Brendan, Nargar, Katharina, Schmidt-Lebuhn, Alexander, Broadhurst, Linda M.

“…Australia’s 2019–2020 ‘Black Summer’ bushfires burnt more than 8 million hectares of vegetation across the south-east of the continent, an event unprecedented…”
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Global population exposure to landscape fire air pollution from 2000 to 2019 by Xu, Rongbin, Ye, Tingting, Yue, Xu, Yang, Zhengyu, Yu, Wenhua, Zhang, Yiwen, Bell, Michelle L., Morawska, Lidia, Yu, Pei, Zhang, Yuxi, Wu, Yao, Liu, Yanming, Johnston, Fay, Lei, Yadong, Abramson, Michael J., Guo, Yuming, Li, Shanshan

“…Wildfires are thought to be increasing in severity and frequency as a result of climate change 1 – 5 . Air pollution from landscape fires can negatively affect…”
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Climate warming increases extreme daily wildfire growth risk in California by Brown, Patrick T., Hanley, Holt, Mahesh, Ankur, Reed, Colorado, Strenfel, Scott J., Davis, Steven J., Kochanski, Adam K., Clements, Craig B.

“…California has experienced enhanced extreme wildfire behaviour in recent years 1 – 3 , leading to substantial loss of life and property 4 , 5 . Some portion of…”
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Overwintering fires in boreal forests by Scholten, Rebecca C., Jandt, Randi, Miller, Eric A., Rogers, Brendan M., Veraverbeke, Sander

“…Forest fires are usually viewed within the context of a single fire season, in which weather conditions and fuel supply can combine to create conditions…”
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Global warming will happen faster than we think by Xu, Yangyang, Ramanathan, Veerabhadran, Victor, David G.

“…Three trends will combine to hasten it, warn Yangyang Xu, Veerabhadran Ramanathan and David G. Victor. Global warming will happen faster than we think Three…”
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How deregulation, drought and increasing fire impact Amazonian biodiversity by Feng, Xiao, Merow, Cory, Liu, Zhihua, Park, Daniel S., Roehrdanz, Patrick R., Maitner, Brian, Newman, Erica A., Boyle, Brad L., Lien, Aaron, Burger, Joseph R., Pires, Mathias M., Brando, Paulo M., Bush, Mark B., McMichael, Crystal N. H., Neves, Danilo M., Nikolopoulos, Efthymios I., Saleska, Scott R., Hannah, Lee, Breshears, David D., Evans, Tom P., Soto, José R., Ernst, Kacey C., Enquist, Brian J.

“…Biodiversity contributes to the ecological and climatic stability of the Amazon Basin 1 , 2 , but is increasingly threatened by deforestation and fire 3 , 4 …”
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Forest fire size amplifies postfire land surface warming by Zhao, Jie, Yue, Chao, Wang, Jiaming, Hantson, Stijn, Wang, Xianli, He, Binbin, Li, Guangyao, Wang, Liang, Zhao, Hongfei, Luyssaert, Sebastiaan

“…Climate warming has caused a widespread increase in extreme fire weather, making forest fires longer-lived and larger 1 – 3 . The average forest fire size in…”
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How do natural hazards cascade to cause disasters? by AghaKouchak, Amir, Huning, Laurie S., Chiang, Felicia, Sadegh, Mojtaba, Vahedifard, Farshid, Mazdiyasni, Omid, Moftakhari, Hamed, Mallakpour, Iman

“…Track connections between hurricanes, wildfires, climate change and other risks, urge Amir AghaKouchak and colleagues. Track connections between hurricanes,…”
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Rescue Brazil’s burning Pantanal wetlands by Libonati, Renata, DaCamara, Carlos C., Peres, Leonardo F., Sander de Carvalho, Lino A., Garcia, Letícia C.

“…Climate extremes, poor management and lax laws are making this World Heritage Site prone to fierce fires. Researchers and governments must develop a plan to…”
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When will the Amazon hit a tipping point? by Amigo, Ignacio

“…Scientists say climate change, deforestation and fires could cause the world’s largest rainforest to dry out. The big question is how soon that might happen…”
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Drought triggers and sustains overnight fires in North America by Luo, Kaiwei, Wang, Xianli, de Jong, Mark, Flannigan, Mike

“…Overnight fires are emerging in North America with previously unknown drivers and implications. This notable phenomenon challenges the traditional…”
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