Fierce fires lessen a forest’s appetite for carbon DOI

Nature, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 616(7956), P. 223 - 223

Published: April 5, 2023

Language: Английский

Climate-driven disturbances amplify forest drought sensitivity DOI
Meng Liu, Anna T. Trugman, Josep Peñuelas

et al.

Nature Climate Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(7), P. 746 - 752

Published: June 7, 2024

Language: Английский

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Terrestrial carbon dynamics in an era of increasing wildfire DOI
T. W. Hudiburg, Justin M. Mathias, Kristina J. Bartowitz

et al.

Nature Climate Change, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(12), P. 1306 - 1316

Published: Dec. 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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‘Mind the Gap’—reforestation needs vs. reforestation capacity in the western United States DOI Creative Commons
Solomon Z. Dobrowski,

Matthew M. Aghai,

Ariella Chichilnisky du

et al.

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7

Published: May 29, 2024

Tree establishment following severe or stand-replacing disturbance is critical for achieving U.S. climate change mitigation goals and maintaining the co-benefits of intact forest ecosystems. In many contexts, natural post-fire tree regeneration sufficient to maintain cover associated ecosystem services, but increasingly pattern scale exceeds ecological thresholds active reforestation may be warranted. Our capacity plant trees, however, not keeping pace with needs. This shortfall uniquely apparent in western U.S., where wildfire size severity have increased recent decades long-term divestment supply chain has limited our ability respond existing Here we present an analysis key facets both demand side address six questions: (1) What current backlog potential needs driven by high-severity wildfire?; (2) How will increasing activity through end century affect needs?; (3) meet future (4) can demands?; (5) approaches promote resilience (6) Where are opportunities emerging from policy initiatives, innovative public-private partnerships, capital markets scaling reforestation? Between 1984 2000, annual planting met cumulatively over last two (2000 2021) it fallen short fire-driven estimated 1.5 million ha ( ca. 3.8 ac). We anticipate this gap increase 2 3 fold 2050. Scaling up efforts close require investment across all chain, novel that forests drought wildfire. highlight initiatives conservation finance expanding efforts.

Language: Английский

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The importance of geography in forecasting future fire patterns under climate change DOI Creative Commons
Alexandra D. Syphard, Santiago José Elías Velazco, Miranda Brooke Rose

et al.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 121(32)

Published: July 29, 2024

An increasing amount of California's landscape has burned in wildfires recent decades, conjunction with temperatures and vapor pressure deficit due to climate change. As the wildland-urban interface expands, more people are exposed harmed by these extensive wildfires, which also eroding resilience terrestrial ecosystems. With future wildfire activity expected increase, there is an urgent demand for solutions that sustain healthy ecosystems wildfire-resilient human communities. Those who manage disaster response, landscapes, biodiversity rely on mapped projections how fire may respond change other factors. California complex, however, climate-fire relationships vary across state. Given known geographical variability drivers activity, we asked whether extent models used create alter interpretation predictions. We compared occurrence spanning entire state developed individual ecoregions then projected end-of-century patterns under scenarios. trained a Maximum Entropy model records hydroclimatological variables from decades (1981 2010) as well topographic infrastructure predictors. Results showed substantial variation predictors probability depending upon extents boundaries. Only ecoregion models, accounting unique vegetation, climate, infrastructure, increase most forested regions state, congruent predictions studies.

Language: Английский

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Droughts impede water balance recovery from fires in the Western United States DOI
S. Ahmad, Thomas Holmes, Sujay V. Kumar

et al.

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8(2), P. 229 - 238

Published: Jan. 2, 2024

Language: Английский

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Spatiotemporal Vegetation Dynamics, Forest Loss, and Recovery: Multidecadal Analysis of the U.S. Triple Crown National Scenic Trail Network DOI Creative Commons
Amber R. Ignatius, Antonio Annis,

Casey A. Helton

et al.

Remote Sensing, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(7), P. 1142 - 1142

Published: March 24, 2025

The U.S. National Scenic Trail system, encompassing over 12,000 km of hiking trails along the Appalachian (AT), Continental Divide (CDT), and Pacific Crest (PCT), provides critical vegetation corridors that protect diverse forest, savannah, grassland ecosystems. These ecosystems represent essential habitats facing increasing environmental pressures. This study offers a landscape-scale analysis dynamics across 2 wide conservation corridor (20,556 km2), utilizing multidecadal Landsat MODIS satellite data via Google Earth Engine API to assess health, forest disturbance recovery, phenological shifts. results reveal loss, primarily driven by wildfire, impacted 1248 km2 land (9.5% in AT, 39% CDT, 51% PCT) from 2001 2023. Moderate severe wildfires PCT (713 burn area) CDT (350 exacerbated stress facilitated transition grassland. LandTrendr at 15 sample sites revealed slow, multi-year recovery based on temporal segmentation spectral indices (NBR, NDVI, NDWI, Tasseled Cap). post-disturbance NBR values remained significantly reduced, averaging 0.31 five years post-event compared 0.6 prior disturbance. Variations phenology were documented, with no significant trends seasonal advancement or delay. establishes robust baseline for change trail highlighting need further research explore localized trends. Given accelerating impacts climate wildfire frequency, findings underscore necessity adaptive strategies guide management ensure long-term stability sustainability cover these vital areas.

Language: Английский

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Forests, carbon, and climate change: Why our obsession with monetizing forest carbon may be counter productive DOI
Thomas H. DeLuca

Forest Ecology and Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 586, P. 122691 - 122691

Published: April 6, 2025

Language: Английский

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Temperature-VPD-evapotranspiration interactions modulated asynchronous dynamics of vegetation photosynthesis and net ecosystem production in Eurasia DOI
Rui Yang, Hao Yuan, Ruohua Du

et al.

Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 174, P. 113445 - 113445

Published: April 12, 2025

Language: Английский

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Increasing severity of large-scale fires prolongs recovery time of forests globally since 2001 DOI
Qiancheng Lv, Ziyue Chen, Chaoyang Wu

et al.

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 22, 2025

Language: Английский

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Improved assessment of post-fire recovery trajectory of forests in Amazon's protected areas DOI Creative Commons
Qianhan Wu, Calvin K. F. Lee, Jonathan Wang

et al.

Remote Sensing of Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 326, P. 114802 - 114802

Published: May 12, 2025

Language: Английский

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