Victoria M. Donovan

Be sure to check out our key messages report, which not only covers our global findings but also includes a regional breakdown of the wacky wildfire events of the fire season.

stateofwildfires.com/latest-report/

🚨 Launched: State of Wildfires Report 2024-25

The Americas felt the harsh reality of what it means to live on a more fire-prone planet, with extreme #wildfire episodes made 2-3 times more likely by #climate change.

🔥 Full details via our brand new website: stateofwildfires.com/latest-report/

🔥PhD Opportunity in Fire and Invasive Species at the University of Florida IFAS WFREC under Dr. Carissa Wonkka. The student will also work with me and my lab using remotely sensed wildfire data along with other members of an interdisciplinary regional team. #PhDPosition #fundedphd #firePhD

Increasing global human exposure to wildland fires despite declining burned area Although half of Earth’s population resides in the wildland-urban interface, human exposure to wildland fires remains unquantified. We show that the population directly exposed to wildland fires incre...

The population directly exposed to wildland fires increased by 40% globally from 2002 to 2021, according to a new study in Science. https://scim.ag/4oUL1Y1

New paper: The role of fire on Earth
doi.org/10.1093/bios... BioScience @aibsbiology.bsky.social
Fire affects all major components of the Earth system: atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, anthroposphere, & biosphere. Fire is an intrinsic factor on our planet.

🧪🌍🔥🌳🌿🌐 wildfire

Woody Cover Fuels Large Wildfire Risk in the Eastern U.S. - Oak Fire Science <p>Ivey et al. 2024 <em>(Geophysical Research Letters)</em></p> RESEARCH BRIEF #53 <p></p> <p><em>A summary based on the following publication:</em></p> <p><a href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley...

Check out the Oak Woodlands and Forests Fire Consortium's Research Brief on our research paper linking woody cover increases to increasing wildfire risk: oakfirescience.com/research-bri...

#Wildfire #WoodyEncroachment

So excited to be a member of the editorial board for the Journal of #Pyrogeography, which launched this week🔥

The journal covers landscape #fire interactions with #climate, #ecosystems, and #society and welcome studies spanning natural and social sciences.

www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...

🚨 New Paper: Following a regime shift from a grassland to an eastern redcedar woodland🌲, high intensity fire 🔥 not only kills redcedar trees but also supports the restoration of the grassland community.

#PrescribedFire, #GrasslandRestoration

authors.elsevier.com/a/1lR6y14Z6t...

Check out our new paper highlighting the ability of high-intensity fire 🔥 during drought to help control huisache 🌳, a common woody encroacher across multiple continents, including in the southern US plains.

www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/8/...