Earth is a uniquely fire planet, and humanity a uniquely fire creature, and the ecology of their interactions is both ancient and profound. Fire is an ecological shape-shifter. As a reaction ...

Indigenous communities practiced controlled burning with deep knowledge of local ecosystems, emphasizing the importance of fire in maintaining ecological health. For centuries, Indigenous peoples ...

Future wildfire dynamics in boreal and temperate ecosystems could depend on threshold effects of climate change-related fire drivers, leading to an increase in burned areas of about 50% by 2100 ...

This involves a range of tools, including field and laboratory studies, remote sensing and process-based modeling. Faculty in fire ecology span many areas of expertise, including ecology, hydrology, ...

Fire has played a major role in shaping the world's grasslands and forests. Attempts to eliminate it have introduced problems fully as serious as those created by accidental conflagrations ...