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Adaptive strategies of biota to fire
Adaptive strategies of biota to fire at the landscape, community, population, and individual scale. Depending on the conditions driving the fire, its intensity and…
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The main biomes of the World
The map shows the major biomes of the world with the same regions of interest highlighted. The regions where the highest three-month period of…
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Year of highest three-month period of fire
The map shows the year in which the highest moving average three month period of fire occurred (2002–2019) based on MODIS Fire_cci Burnt Area…
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Water turbidity
Increased turbidity is one of the changes in water quality downstream of burnt areas.
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Severely burnt forest
Water runs faster on bare, unstable ground in severely burnt forests, increasing soil erosion.
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Wildfire attack mechanisms
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Human health exposure
Smoke particulate exposure pathways and impacts. Smoke exposure is most commonly measured from land-based air pollutant monitors, followed by satellite-based imagery models, with fewer…
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Historical wildfire impacts in New South Wales, Australia
The top panel illustrates the historical PM2.5 fire smoke-related health costs and the health costs incurred during the Australian 2019–2020 Black Summer fires (more…
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Factors influencing health
Wildfire smoke contains fine particulate matter and potentially toxic combustion products (the latter can be particularly harmful at the wildland-urban interface where waste and…
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Impacts of wildfire on Sustainable Development Goals
Impacts of wildfire on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The changing scale and intensity of wildfires may impact achievements across several of…
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New surface fires from sub-surface fire propagation in peatlands
Surface fires burning in peatlands can transition to underground smouldering fires that can seem to self-extinguish only to reappear in another location, sometimes at…
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May to September 2020 precipitation anomalies
All relative to 1979–2000 norms. Also available from Climate Reanalyzer (ClimateReanalyzer.org), Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, USA.)