Wildfires are an increasingly urgent concern as climate change alters fire regimes worldwide. While historical fire records provide valuable insights, they are too short to capture the full range of…Read More >
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Extreme heat in the UK and wildfires: why we should expect it to happen again
On Friday 15th July 2022, the UK Met Office issued its first ever Red Warning for exceptional heat. Over the following two days, temperatures across the UK broke records, reaching…Read More >
LEMONTREE goes to Crete: Fire in the Mediterranean By Theo Keeping
On the 15th of June, members of LEMONTREE working on wildfire attended a meeting at the Technical University of Crete, hosted by the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society…Read More >
A novel method for using pollen records to reconstruct historic fire regimes – By Natalie Sanders and Yicheng Shen
The Iberian Peninsula, home to Mediterranean beaches and mountains, pine trees and paella, sangria and siestas. But this southwestern region of Europe, mostly comprised of Portugal and Spain, is also…Read More >
Furthering our understanding of the global patterns of burnt area, fire size and fire intensity – By Olivia Haas and Natalie Sanders
Wildfires are a fundamental ecological process, but studying wildfire patterns and properties at a global scale is challenging. Understanding wildfire processes however, is essential to fully describe global vegetation distribution…Read More >
