GWC founding member Dr. Alexandra Syphard @dramalamujer.bsky.social joined the Neal on Fire Podcast to discuss wildfire modeling, prediction, and building safer WUIs. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & YouTube!
Join us April 28 for the first in a two-part series providing an in-depth review of wildfire dynamics in savanna ecosystems.
Speakers: @dramalamujer.bsky.social Dr. Abigail Croker, Dr. Sally Archibald, Amos Chege Muthiuru and Dr. Caroline Lehmann
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The thrid speaker at the upcoming GWC webinar will be Dr. Johan Sjöström! Johan (PhD physics, 2010) is a senior research scientist at RISE since 2011. His research is focused on wildfires, their ignition, behaviour and consequences to society.
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The second speaker at our upcoming webinar will be Dr. Sarah Henderson! Sarah is the scientific director of Environmental Health Services at BCCDC and of the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH).
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Our first speaker at the second event in the Global Wildfire Collective’s Fire Ecology webinar series is Dr. Mike Flannigan (BC Innovation Research Chair in Predictive Services, Emergency Management and Fire Science, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta.
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REGISTER NOW for the second event in the Global Wildfire Collective’s Fire Ecology webinar series! This time, the focus is on wildfires in boreal ecosystems. You won't want to miss it!
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#wildfire folks, we at the @wildfirecollective.bsky.social just launched our wildfire discussion forum. Come check it out and join the conversations!
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NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats 🔥🎙️ including Spanish translations! Bob Keane joins Paola Arroyo-Vargas and Andrés Holz to discuss how forest structures in Chile regenerate after short-interval severe fire. #SNFECO 🌱
Listen here/escucha aquí: fireecology.org/feco-podcast...
For #wildfire -interested folks: The 1st international conference dedicated to identifying, understanding, and preventing fire ignitions is now open for registration and abstract submission.
Bonus: It is being held in the beautiful city of Porto, Portugal. wic25.eu
An Earth Day publication: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
- Source of ignition is a major driver of fire activity, along w/ housing and climate; and trends differ by source over time & across regions. Ignitions deserve more attention, especially on red flag days.
#wildfire #pyrogeography
Simplified scheme of the two evolutionary mechanisms (top-down vs bottom-up) explaining the relationship between plants and their environment
What are the ultimate factors controlling fire regimes? The case of boreal forests royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
Phil Trans Roy Soc B, @royalsociety.org
With JE Keeley & @dramalamujer.bsky.social
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🧪🌍🔥🌳🌐🍁🌾 wildfire #philsci #ecoevo
The Global Wildfire Collective's inaugural webinar, "Ecological & human causes and impacts of three extreme wildfire events" is available to watch: youtu.be/syXMeL-LEIE?...
Yes, there are many similarities in these two Mediterranean-climate regions. Hope all is well, Phoebe!
Me too! 😊
FIG. 1. Jon Keeley as lover of California nature in the Carrizo Plain surrounded by a carpet of Lasthenia.
FIG. 2. Jon Keeley as committed Darwinian evolutionist evoking the spirit in which Darwin wrote to Lyell: “I will show you my pigeons! Which is the greatest treat, in my opinion, which can be offered to human beings.”
Paul Zedler has written a nice article about Jon Keeley's vast research in "Madroño", with comments from some of Jon's colleagues, @schwilk.org @dramalamujer.bsky.social Parker, Bond, Vasey, ...
I'm so happy to be one of Jon's current collaborators!
🧪🌍🔥🌿🌾 wildfire chaparral
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We invite you to join the Global Wildfire Collective’s inaugural wildfire science & ecology webinar:
March 20, 2025, 2:00pm-3:30pm Pacific Time (21:00-22:30 GMT)
Ecological & Human Causes and Impacts of Three Extreme Wildfire Events (Australia, Chile, LA)
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We just sent a letter to Governor Newsom and local leaders urging Los Angeles to rebuild w/ Chapter 7A building code & defensible space, including Zone 0, to shape a more resilient future in California.
Read the full letter: ibhs.org/stronger-la-...
#wildfireresilience #LAfires
The Wildfire Safety Advisory Board has an opening for a Senior Policy Advisor. calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/.... The filing date for applications is February 24, 2025.
More information about WSAB is here: energysafety.ca.gov/what-we-do/w....
Yeah, I think you're right. I'm just (maybe overly) worried about the eventual push to expand "state-controlled media" at the expense of independent media. How do we continue to get the truth out? Now is the time for US folk to support their local NPR station.
With the world going mad, I decided to escape with my camera to the streets of #OB. #streetphotography #dogtography
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Distraction by bird is an official sickness, and I've got it bad. And crows are one of the most distracting of all.😉
Yep!
During the week of the #LAfires, a flock of parrots noisily announced their visit every morning - to come eat nuts off the neighbors' tree. They were only here during that week. It was surreal, because the only things I could think about were parrots and fire. And fire and parrots.
#birdphotography
An area bigger than France will be protected in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As long as countries takes that kind of responsability towards the climate and towards several endangered species, there's also hope for the future generations of humanity👨👩👦🌍
#environment
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For those of us worried about too-frequent #wildfire in #chaparral, and our other fire-sensitive species, this is all so concerning, especially as fires sweep through the land of the iconic #TecateCypress.
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It's time to start having difficult conversations, and this article skillfully lays out the multiple perspectives of #rebuilding after the #LAFires. My two thoughts: 1) Fire-safe & affordable housing should be part of the same conversation; 2) Oaks not eucs.
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Yes. It's creepy and scary, and dangerous. Data and facts often don't even make it to popular discourse anymore.
and man is it windy out there. the red-tails are being tossed about in the sky.
Ever listen to Science Friday? CBI's very own Dr. Alexandra Syphard was featured in Friday's episode - check it out!
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/fir...
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#ConsBio #ScienceFriday #WildfireScience #LAFires