Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Sarah C. McColl-Gausden, Lauren T. Bennett, Dan A. Ababei, Hamish G. Clarke, Trent D. Penman
Summary: Predictions show significant shifts in fire regimes for alpine ash forests in the future, with increased intensity and frequency of wildfires. About 67% of current alpine ash distribution is expected to face immature risks over a 100-year period, particularly for patches on the outskirts of the current distribution, closer to roads, or surrounded by drier landscapes at lower elevations.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Sarah C. McColl-Gausden, Lauren T. Bennett, Hamish G. Clarke, Dan A. Ababei, Trent D. Penman
Summary: This study quantifies the direct and indirect effects of climate on fire regime change in temperate forests in southeastern Australia. The results indicate that future climate change will intensify fire regimes by increasing wildfire extent and intensity and decreasing fire interval. The role of future fuel also interacts with climate change, either synergistically or antagonistically, depending on the landscape and fire regime attribute. These findings suggest that temperate ecosystems in southeastern Australia are likely to experience shifts in fire regimes in the coming decades.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kyra Clark-Wolf, Philip E. Higuera, Bryan N. Shuman, Kendra K. Mclauchlan
Summary: The increasing area burned across western North America brings up questions about the extent and importance of changes in fire activity compared to historical variability. By analyzing charcoal preserved in sediments, a network of fire-history records in the U.S. Northern Rockies was created to understand the landscape-scale burning over the past 2500 years. The results showed that widespread fire activity in the early 20th century and recent decades falls within the historical range of variability, while the Southern Rockies experienced less frequent burning and surpasses the historical range in the 21st century.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Scott L. Stephens, Zachary L. Steel, Brandon M. Collins, Danny L. Fry, Samantha J. Gill, Hiram Rivera-Huerta, Carl N. Skinner
Summary: Frequent-fire forests were once heterogeneous at multiple spatial scales, which contributed to their resilience to severe fire. While many studies have characterized historical spatial patterns in frequent-fire forests, fewer studies have investigated their temporal dynamics. Excessive soil drying from anthropogenic climate change resulted in diminished recruitment in the SSPM but not in the Sierra Nevada.
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Water Resources
H. J. Henriksen, A. Jakobsen, E. Pasten-Zapata, L. Troldborg, T. O. Sonnenborg
Summary: This study assessed future changes in hydrological regime, extremes, groundwater levels, and fish ecological quality ratio (EQR) in two large-scale catchments in Denmark. It identified strengths and weaknesses of EQR assessments based on symbolic regression methods compared to expert assessments and found that the impact of climate change on groundwater levels and fish EQRs is more complex and somewhat ambiguous across different scenarios and catchments.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY-REGIONAL STUDIES
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Patrik Sleziak, Roman Vyleta, Kamila Hlavcova, Michaela Danacova, Milica Aleksic, Jan Szolgay, Silvia Kohnova
Summary: This study evaluated the possible climate change impacts on runoff regime in eight selected basins in Slovakia. The simulation indicated potential changes in the seasonality and extremality of long-term runoff, with increased winter runoff and decreased summer runoff expected in the future. The results provide valuable insights for policymakers and river basin authorities in planning and managing water resources under changing climate conditions.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Chao Huang, Hong S. He, Yu Liang, Todd J. Hawbaker, Paul D. Henne, Wenru Xu, Peng Gong, Zhiliang Zhu
Summary: Climate change has direct effects on fire regimes of boreal forests, altering fire behavior, seasons, and fuel moisture. Indirect effects, such as changes in species composition and fuel characteristics, are often simplified or neglected. Direct effects of climate change are likely to have a stronger influence on fire regimes in the short term, but vegetation changes will mediate these effects in the long term.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
John T. Abatzoglou, Caroline S. Juang, A. Park Williams, Crystal A. Kolden, Anthony LeRoy Westerling
Summary: The research shows a strong correlation between fire danger days in western US forests and strain on national fire suppression resources, with a projected doubling of synchronous fire danger days in the coming decades.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Review
Neurosciences
Taya L. Farugia, Carla Cuni-Lopez, Anthony R. White
Summary: Australia faces natural disasters and extreme weather conditions, with an increasing elderly population and limited research on their ability to cope with extreme heat and bushfires. Vulnerable communities, including those with dementia, are particularly at risk and there is a significant association between mental disorders and increased vulnerability to extreme heat. The paper explores the impact on individuals living with dementia in rural and metropolitan areas, recommending strategies for prevention and support services.
JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
A. Park Williams, Ben Livneh, Karen A. McKinnon, Winslow D. Hansen, Justin S. Mankin, Benjamin Cook, Jason E. Smerdon, Arianna M. Varuolo-Clarke, Nels R. Bjarke, Caroline S. Juang, Dennis P. Lettenmaier
Summary: Streamflow often increases after fire, and this effect has unclear persistence and importance to regional water resources. This study examines 72 forested basins in the western United States (WUS) and finds that multibasin mean streamflow significantly increases in the 6 water years after a fire. The streamflow response is proportional to the fire extent and is significant in all four seasons. Furthermore, historical fire-climate relationships and climate model projections suggest that wildfires will become more frequent in the coming decades, leading to increased regional streamflow.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Stijn Hantson, Niels Andela, Michael L. Goulden, James T. Randerson
Summary: California has seen a significant increase in burned area, and this study reveals that human-ignited fires have a higher likelihood of spreading under extreme conditions and causing larger ecosystem impacts compared to lightning-ignited fires.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Aysun Aygun Ogur, Tuzin Baycan
Summary: This study quantifies the impacts of climate change on international tourism in Turkey by estimating the future number of international tourists for different tourism destinations. The results show a significant decrease in demand, seasonal shifts, and the emergence of new alternative destinations. This study is important as it reveals the risks and opportunities for tourism development in Turkey and serves as a benchmarking study for destinations with similar climate conditions and tourism patterns.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yoshimitsu Chikamoto, Wei Zhang, Lawrence Hipps, S-Y Simon Wang, Robert R. Gillies, Siiri Bigalke
Summary: This study examines the relationship between climate factors and summer air quality in Northern Utah. The analysis of 20 years of data reveals that the number of unhealthy days is strongly correlated with dry-hot days, wildfire size, and an upper atmospheric ridge over the Northwestern United States. Climate model simulations confirm these observations, suggesting a trend of increasing upper atmospheric ridge and dry days in the northwestern states.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Elle J. Bowd, Sam C. Banks, Andrew Bissett, Tom W. May, David B. Lindenmayer
Summary: The study investigated the direct and indirect effects of major disturbances in a temperate forest ecosystem, with human disturbances shown to have greater adverse impacts on the ecosystem compared to natural disturbances. Indirect disturbance effects accounted for 43% of total disturbance effects, with some amplifying or partially mitigating direct effects.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Katherine J. Siegel, Laurel Larsen, Connor Stephens, William Stewart, Van Butsic
Summary: This study provides a framework for quantifying the relative contributions of different components of a social-ecological system to the system's outcomes, using forest fires as a model. The findings suggest a greater impact of management regimes on wildfire probability compared to climate variables.
REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Mari Selkimaki, Jose Ramon Gonzalez-Olabarria, Antoni Trasobares, Timo Pukkala
ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE
(2020)
Correction
Forestry
Teresa Valor, Giovanna Battipaglia, Miriam Pique, Simona Altieri, Jose Ramon Gonzalez-Olabarria, Pere Casals
ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Natalia Malaga, Kristell Hergoualc'h, Gerald Kapp, Christopher Martius
Summary: National and regional plans in Peru have accelerated the expansion of oil palm, leading to the conversion of forests and subsequent loss of ecosystem carbon stocks. This study highlights the significant impact of transitioning to smallholder oil palm plantations on carbon storage in the Amazon region.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Guido Ceccherini, Gregory Duveiller, Giacomo Grassi, Guido Lemoine, Valerio Avitabile, Roberto Pilli, Alessandro Cescatti
Article
Environmental Sciences
Goran Krsnik, Eduard Busquets Olive, Miriam Pique Nicolau, Asier Larranaga, Adrian Cardil, Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo, Jose Ramon Gonzalez Olabarria
Letter
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Marc Palahi, Ruben Valbuena, Cornelius Senf, Nezha Acil, Thomas A. M. Pugh, Jonathan Sadler, Rupert Seidl, Peter Potapov, Barry Gardiner, Lauri Hetemaeki, Gherardo Chirici, Saverio Francini, Tomas Hlasny, Bas Jan Willem Lerink, Hakan Olsson, Jose Ramon Gonzalez Olabarria, Davide Ascoli, Antti Asikainen, Jurgen Bauhus, Goran Berndes, Janis Donis, Jonas Fridman, Marc Hanewinkel, Herve Jactel, Marcus Lindner, Marco Marchetti, Robert Marusak, Douglas Sheil, Margarida Tome, Antoni Trasobares, Pieter Johannes Verkerk, Minna Korhonen, Gert-Jan Nabuurs
Review
Forestry
Medha Bulusu, Christopher Martius, Jessica Clendenning
Summary: Miombo woodlands in central and southern Africa cover approximately 2.7 million km(2) and are important for carbon storage. This study reviewed data on aboveground carbon and soil organic carbon stocks, finding significant differences in carbon stocks between old-growth, disturbed, and regrowth miombo woodlands, as well as wide variations in soil organic carbon stocks. Further systematic studies are needed to better understand the variability in carbon stocks in miombo woodlands.
Article
Forestry
Antoni Trasobares, Blas Mola-Yudego, Nuria Aquilue, Jose Ramon Gonzalez-Olabarria, Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo, Raul Garcia-Valdes, Miquel De Caceres
Summary: This paper presents environmentally driven models for forest stand dynamics calibrated based on data from the Spanish National Forest Inventory, developing 182 models for 27 species and species groups. These models can be integrated into a full forest projection system for simulations under alternative climatic and management scenarios, providing a solid basis for climate-sensitive forest scenarios at national or regional levels.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Miriam Pique, Jose Ramon Gonzalez-Olabarria, Eduard Busquets
Summary: This study examines the effectiveness of precommercial thinning on Aleppo pine stands and finds that it has a significant impact on fire behavior during the first two to four years, but the accumulation of understory vegetation diminishes the treatment's effectiveness afterwards.
Article
Geography, Physical
Robert N. Masolele, Veronique De Sy, Diego Marcos, Jan Verbesselt, Fabian Gieseke, Kalkidan Ayele Mulatu, Yitebitu Moges, Heiru Sebrala, Christopher Martius, Martin Herold
Summary: This research assesses the potential of different satellite data modalities for classifying post-deforestation land-use in Ethiopia. The study finds that choosing the right satellite imagery type is crucial and that detailed spatial or temporal patterns are necessary for achieving high classification accuracy.
GISCIENCE & REMOTE SENSING
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sahadev Sharma, Raghab Ray, Christopher Martius, Daniel Murdiyarso
Summary: Mangrove forests are crucial for regulating climate change and carbon cycling. However, there is limited knowledge on carbon source/sink patterns in the biodiversity-rich Asia-Pacific region. More detailed research is needed to understand the role of mangroves in global carbon stocks and fluxes.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Daniela Requena Suarez, Danae M. A. Rozendaal, Veronique De Sy, Mathieu Decuyper, Natalia Malaga, Patricia Duran Montesinos, Alexs Arana Olivos, Ricardo De la Cruz Paiva, Christopher Martius, Martin Herold
Summary: Amazonian forests play a vital role as reservoirs of biomass and biodiversity, contributing to climate change mitigation. This study examines the impact of disturbances on forest biomass and biodiversity in the Peruvian Amazon, using tree-level data and remotely sensed monitoring. The results show that disturbance intensity negatively affects tree species richness and biomass recovery. Surprisingly, time since disturbance has a small negative effect on species richness. Approximately 15% of Peruvian Amazonian forests have experienced disturbance since 1984, with an increase in biomass of 4.7 Mg ha(-1) year(-1) during the first 20 years.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Goran Krsnik, Sonia Reyes-Paecke, Keith M. Reynolds, Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo, Jose Ramon Gonzalez Olabarria
Summary: This study evaluated alternative methods for comparing the provision of ecosystem services in urban areas, highlighting the impact of the chosen method on the ability to compare outcomes. The aim is to improve management actions in urban green areas, reduce environmental inequality, and ensure satisfactory human well-being.
Article
Ecology
Jose Ramon Gonzalez-Olabarria, Jaime Carrasco, Cristobal Pais, Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo, David Palacios-Meneses, Rodrigo Mahaluf-Recasens, Olena Porkhum, Andres Weintraub
Summary: The use of fire simulation tools in landscape-level fuel management decisions is common practice. Incorporating fire simulation tools in forest management planning allows for evaluation of fire risk and definition of fire mitigation goals considering the spatial nature of fires. By combining fire simulation tools, growth and yield simulators, and optimization modules, it is possible to minimize fire impact and maximize ecosystem service yield over time.
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Cristobal Pais, Jose Ramon Gonzalez-Olabarria, Pelagie Elimbi Moudio, Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo, Marta C. Gonzalez, Zuo-Jun Max Shen
Summary: This study presents a framework for classifying fire regimes spatially on a global scale based on historical records from 2000 to 2018. It reveals 15 global pyromes with differences in fire-related metrics and shows how factors such as vegetation, climate, and demographic features can result in specific fire regimes. By processing historical wildfire records and dividing the pyromes into 62 regimes based on spatial aggregation patterns, this study provides a spatial framing of contemporary fire regimes. It expands on existing classification efforts and bridges the gaps between global and regional fire studies.
COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
