A new conceptual framework for incorporating the way plants use carbon and water, or plant dynamics, into fine-scale computer models of wildland fire provides a critical first step toward improved ...

California’s fires are getting bigger and harder to predict. The only way to tame them may be to remake the landscape itself. At the height of California’s worst wildfire season on record, Geoff ...

From fireworks to woodburning to modeling fire behavior, Jenna Sjunneson McDanold’s love of fire has fueled her growth as an artist and a mathematician. As part of her studies as mathematical modeling ...

Wildfires battered Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan for 11 days, starting on April 22. The fires burned about 1,600 hectares and forced 3,200 residents to evacuate. With warmer climates, ...

The second day of the workshop focused on the tools used to quantify greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from wildland fires and better understand the impact of fires on the net carbon budget. The first ...

In August 2022, a lightning-induced wildfire in Klamath National Forest in Northern California quickly grew to more than 50,000 acres in a matter of days. Soon after, EPA scientist Dr. John Iiames’ ...