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Understanding the Diversity of Fire on Earth through Mapping, Data and Modelling

Posted on
11th April 202525th April 2025

INTRODUCTION On April 3rd, the SPECIAL research group at the University of Reading hosted researchers from the University of East Anglia for a seminar exploring how fire science can move…Read More >

Understanding the Diversity of Fire on Earth through Mapping, Data and Modelling

Implementation of Eco-Evolutionary Optimality theory into the land surface model, NOAH-MP.

Posted on
26th March 202526th March 2025

SPECIAL Group PI Sandy Harrison has been involved in the publication of a key piece of research for the LEMONTREE project regarding the implementation of leaf dark respiration and photosynthesis…Read More >

Implementation of Eco-Evolutionary Optimality theory into the land surface model, NOAH-MP.

What Drives Ecosystem Recovery After Fire? Insights from a Global Study

Posted on
7th March 2025

Introduction A new manuscript from SPECIAL group PhD student Yicheng Shen has recently been published in Ecological Indicators, discussing the factors affecting post-fire recovery. You can read on for a…Read More >

What Drives Ecosystem Recovery After Fire? Insights from a Global Study

Fire Management in Practice: Fire-ADAPT French Study Hub

Posted on
19th February 2025

During the last week of January Dr Olivia Haas attended the second half of the Fire-ADAPT French Study Hub in the Oriental Pyrenees. Fire-ADAPT is one of the major projects…Read More >

Fire Management in Practice: Fire-ADAPT French Study Hub

Understanding Past Climate to Predict Future Vegetation Changes

Posted on
7th February 2025

Research assistant in the SPECIAL group, Jierong Zhao, and SPECIAL group PI, Sandy Harrison, have recently released a pre-print that investigates the importance of CO₂ and climate in influencing changes…Read More >

Understanding Past Climate to Predict Future Vegetation Changes

New Publication on Global Greenness Trends and Patterns

Posted on
23rd January 202523rd January 2025

We are pleased to share with you a new paper involving the lead PI of the SPECIAL group, Sandy Harrison. The paper outlines a new framework for modelling leaf area…Read More >

New Publication on Global Greenness Trends and Patterns

How Well Do Global Models Simulate Fire? A Deep Dive into CMIP6

Posted on
8th January 2025

Introduction Fire is a powerful force of nature and one of the most important disturbances in the Earth’s system. A recent scientific paper involving SPECIAL group PI Sandy Harrison, sheds…Read More >

How Well Do Global Models Simulate Fire? A Deep Dive into CMIP6

A New Framework for Predicting Burnt Area

Posted on
11th December 2024

SPECIAL Group leader Sandy Harrison as involved with the publication of a new piece of work that outlines a framework to predict burnt area of wildfires using remote sensing data….Read More >

A New Framework for Predicting Burnt Area

A Paleo-Science Approach to Fire Modelling: SPECIAL Group Visit to Bordeaux

Posted on
25th November 20244th December 2024

One of our SPECIAL Group members Olivia Haas had the opportunity to travel to France to present her research. It is great to see our staff generating these international networks…Read More >

A Paleo-Science Approach to Fire Modelling: SPECIAL Group Visit to Bordeaux

Digging into variable selection methods: Team training session

Posted on
6th November 20246th November 2024

One of the benefits of belonging to a large research group such as SPECIAL, is the opportunity to draw upon, and learn from, the skills that other members of the…Read More >

Digging into variable selection methods: Team training session

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