#fireecology — Public Fediverse posts

Frelich said the swaths of woods that are burning are mostly evergreen, specifically fir and spruce that form the backbone of the boreal forest. They’ve been baked to a tinder by the dry heat wave, creating “just the right or just the wrong configuration, depending on your point of view,” he said.

“Boreal conifer fuel types are among the most flammable in the world — and among the most intense when they burn," he said in a phone interview Tuesday. “So many tons of combustible fuel per acre ... a lot of boreal forest fires simply can’t be suppressed.”

The only thing that could put out the fires quickly would be a deluge.

— from the article

#FireEcology #Minnesota #BWCA

RE: https://botany.social/@AnnBot/116618598941198902

A #drought during the critical stages of post-fire recovery could filter individuals that perform better under water stress. This could be particularly relevant for species with a narrow post-fire establishment window that depends strongly on water availability 🔥🌱

Take a look at our latest advances 👇

#FireEcology #Ecology #Wildfires

Productive #paleofire workshop at #PennState last week - coincidentally closed with a prescribed burn near the campus in State College, PA 🔥
Many thanks to Sarah Ivory for invitation and the great organization! #RxFire #FireEcology #PalaeOpen

Following severe wildfires, fast-growing, highly flammable invasive grasses rapidly colonize denuded landscapes, acting as combustible runways that significantly elevate the risk and severity of subsequent fires.
#FireEcology #Ecology #Environmental #ClimateChange #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/eco03192601.html

Populus Tremuloides [Aka Aspen] As A Natural Fire Barrier In Canada’s Boreal Forest Under A Changing Climate
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2026.123671 <-- shared paper 🔗
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #flammable #barrier #extremeweather #fireweather #fireactivity #wildfire #bushfire #fire #firebreak #FireKnowledge #FireEcology #AspenTrees #Canada #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #forest #risk #hazard #damage #climatechange #warming #tree #mixed #diversity #species #perimeter #ecozones #ecology #geostatistics #forest #forestcover #burn #severity #stand #burnarea #management #aspen #populustremuloides #Fireactivity #Burnseverity #Fireweather #Deciduous #Phenology
#NRCANScience #NRCAN #NaturalResourcesCanada

Really enjoyed this study from Ruby Paroissien at UNSW and the Australian Plantbank, looking at seed dispersal in the wet sclerophyll forests of SE Aus following the 2019/20 disaster fire season.

They found that post-fire seed dispersal from rainforest species was almost entirely absent 😟 hugely concerning when we have begun to see some of our oldest rainforests burn.

A highlight of the paper is Ruby's hand-drawn seed illustrations!

https://doi.org/10.1071/BT25061

#FireEcology #FireScience #Wildfire #SeedBank #Australia

For anyone interested in #ecology, specifically #FireEcology, here is a little #simulation I created several years ago...

https://richard.mdpaths.com/projects/fire_ecology/index.html

It is also a good example of using a #hexagonal grid on a #web page.

Northern #Minnesota #BWCA

17-Dec-2025
Nearly three-quarters of western US overdue for #wildfires
For a decade, nearly four million hectares per year would need to burn just to catch up

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1110430

#science #ecology #fireEcology

Rapid postfire color shift in a Mediterranean lizard
https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jzo.70083 | @jzoology.bsky.social

#Lizards inhabiting recently burned areas display lighter coloration, as a #thermoregulatory response

🧪🌍🔥🦎📏 #trait #fauna #zoology #JZoo #wildfire #fireecology #fire @ecology @wildfirescience

#Fire alters the #phenotype of individual #plants, potentially through #epigenetic mechanisms

New paper:
Phenotypic rebuilding after fire: Understanding within-individual variability in a Mediterranean shrub https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.70137
By Saiz-Blanco, @cmhmaliani et al @JEcology

@ecology @plants @botany @wildfirescience @plantscience @nature @epigenetics @biodiversity @evolution @ecologies #fireecology #resprouting

#FrançoisPimont, #écologue : « Stopper les incendies dans les premières minutes sera de plus en plus difficile à l’avenir, avec des feux plus nombreux et plus rapides »

Dans un entretien au « #LeMonde », l’ingénieur de recherche à l’Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement estime que les incendies pourraient doubler voire tripler en France avec un réchauffement de 4 °C. #feuxdeforets #forestfire #wildfire #rechauffementclimatique #changementsclimatiques #climatechange #fireecology #firemodelling

@geography

https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2025/07/09/francois-pimont-ecologue-stopper-les-incendies-dans-les-premieres-minutes-sera-de-plus-en-plus-difficile-a-l-avenir-avec-des-feux-plus-nombreux-et-plus-rapides_6620138_3244.html

Susie Madrak uncovers alarming concerns about the upcoming wildfire season, worsened by extreme heat and budget cuts from the Trump era. Federal fire crews warn that slashed resources hinder their ability to manage vast public lands, complicating wildfire responses. A new directive could further muddle efforts as they prepare for a potentially disastrous season. Click to read more insights from this crucial article. https://crooksandliars.com/2025/06/thanks-trump-were-not-unprepared-wildfire #WildfireSeason #ClimateChange #USForestService #FireEcology #PublicLandManagement

Millions of Americans believe they’re safe from #wildfires in their cities. New research shows they’re not

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/us-wildfires-cities-dangers #science #FireEcology #ClimateCatastrophe #Environment

"By criminalizing fire, Spanish authorities effectively criminalized forms of #IndigenousKnowledge—like the cultivation of certain plants and management of #ecosystems—that relied on #controlledBurning. This put #Indigenous people in an impossible situation. Those who persisted with burning risked arrest and forced labor."

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/02/15/smoke-heat-flame/
https://archive.ph/VQM8R
#IndigenousFireStewardship #TraditionalKnowledge #NativeAmericans #CaliforniaFires #CaliforniaWildfires #FireEcology #ecocide

"The mid-twentieth-century dream that #LosAngeles is America’s Eden, celebrated by Reyner Banham as he tooled around its freeways, has been superseded by the dark reality envisioned by Mike Davis, who foretold with uncanny accuracy what the other side of paradise would be like."

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/03/13/eden-on-fire-los-angeles-martin-filler/
https://archive.ph/PVJpm
#CaliforniaWildfires #LAwildfires #LAfires #CaliforniaFires #California #urbanism #UrbanTheory #FireEcology #ecocide #LA #cities

Dear _ ,

🔥 In the present, I can contribute to the future, where the management of #forests in Western #Canada will be based on holistic #ecological knowledge, including #Indigenous traditional methods. 🌲✨ I can 🌿 promote & advocate for: Indigenous-led land management, 🔥 prescribed burning, & #reforestation with fire-resistant spp; 🌾 policies that restore grasslands & carbon sinks; 🐴 ethical, low-impact logging; 📚 & I can learn more about forest ecology. 🌎💚 #LandBack #FireEcology #ClimateAction

MEP webinar with journalist/scholar Dennis Broe

#LosAngeles is Burning

"[I]n the spirit of Mike Davis, Broe will take us deep into #LA's geology, #ecology, neoliberal politics, and the sedimented #inequalities of class and race."

description: https://marxedproject.org/event/la-is-burning-with-dennis-broe/

replay: https://youtu.be/O4oHeJboBXw
#LAwildfires #CaliforniaWildfires #LAfires #CaliforniaFires #FireEcology #ecocide #urbanism #UrbanTheory #politicalTheory #socialEcology #inequality #cities

Last chance to submit your abstract to come along to #EGU25 - if you have a burning interest in how fires and landscapes interact, consider our session - https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/51797

#wildfire #fireEcology #paleofire