After the flames: How fire-loving fungi help forests recover

As British Columbia faces increasingly severe wildfire seasons, new research at UBC is revealing the hidden helpers at work ...
Wildfire Today

Australia ‘more efficient’ in prescribed burns than US, researchers say

The conclusion stemmed from Australia’s comparatively quick burn implementation process, the paper published in the Fire ...
unr.edu

Collaborative research team awarded $1.5 million grant to improve wildfire models across the Western U.S.

Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno and University of Washington Tacoma will collaborate to develop a new model that helps land and fire managers better predict and manage wildfires. The ...
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One simple thing most of us fail to do to protect homes against wildfires

Oct. 19—The names are ominously familiar: Camp. CZU Lightning. Caldor. And more recently, Palisades. Between 2018 and 2023, more than 41,000 structures in California were destroyed and 152 lives were ...
SFGate

Long-term California study finds surprising link between birds and wildfires

Across several national parks in the Sierra Nevada, researchers found that the populations of some bird species grew rapidly after fires and remained higher even decades later. Scientists already knew ...
Billings Gazette

Five years after the fire: Survival, loss and renewal in Bridger Canyon after the blaze

Although the pines, firs and junipers of Bridger Canyon remain stark and blackened, bursts of scarlet Indian Paintbrush and yellow arrowleaf balsamroot blossoms stand tall against the burn scar, a ...
Cape Town ETC

FynbosLIFE Fair returns to Muizenberg with fire-themed celebration

Cape Town’s biodiversity takes centre stage once again as the FynbosLIFE Fair prepares to ignite curiosity and awareness around the ecological importance of fire in the Cape Floristic Region this ...