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In our new peer-reviewed paper, we estimate that aboveground forest carbon storage is projected to decrease by 18% (796 Tg C) under +2°C climate warming in the western US. 🧪🌍

This has big implications for carbon offset programs!

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An absolute must-read from WSJ. Not surprisingly the Ukraine "peace deal" is all about making Trump and his buddies even richer. Ukraine is just a side show. ⏬️

From Flames to Flow: Utah Water Research Lab Unraveling Streamflow Changes Post-Wildfire A team of researchers at USU's UWRL has developed and tested an innovative algorithm that can untangle the effects from wildfires and other watershed disturbances from natural rainfall-runoff variabil...

“Essentially, the automated algorithm takes long-term rainfall and streamflow data and identifies and separates out individual rainfall events and the resulting surges of water in the stream,” www.usu.edu/today/story/...

Donald Trump said “quiet piggy” to a female reporter because she dared to ask about the Epstein files, and as bad as that is, the fact that none of her colleagues defended her, is even worse.

Traditional wood products markets can only get us so far so we to diversify into the bioenconomy.

Our landscapes contain tree densities well outside the historic range of variation and well outside what is sustainabale under present and future climate. We need to look for solutions that include large-scale biomass removal.

Thanks for the clarification Aarne - I didn't see any reference to this research only applying to the situation in Finland. I do worry that your research could be mis-applied outside Finland and in places like western North America where we do have to seriously consider wildfire.

You’re forgetting the fire side of the equation…..

81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.

Want to work in wildfire and train for hotshot status?

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Mikie Sherrill will be the next governor of New Jersey, reports Decision Desk.

Wow, as of this morning The Last Republican has risen to #7 on Apple TV

Thinking outside the tinderbox: Experts say Manitoba must rethink forestry strategy to face intensifying wildfire threats As wildfire risks rage and shift, province’s approach to managing forest resources must evolve, as must lumber-industry practices, forestry researchers say

Thinking outside the tinderbox
www.winnipegfreepress.com/featured/202...

The foreign christianist fascist insurgency, with Trump as champion, are boldly out in the open in Canada now. This will only get worse if we allow it. We've already seen the US version so we know how the plot unfolds.
#cdnpoli

How indigenous practices can help protect forests The Post followed cultural burning practices, an Indigenous tradition now permitted under California law and used to help protect forests from wildfires.

A must-read from the @washingtonpost.com's @sadbumblebee.buzz on the cultural burning resurgence taking place in N California. We have a terrible relationship with fire, but the Karuk, Yurok and others show us that a better relationship is possible.

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

Wildfire smoke could kill 71,000 people per year in the US by 2050, study warns When wildfire smoke from Canada turned New York City’s sky an eerie orange in June 2023, millions of Americans who’d never experienced such pollution got a glimpse of what has become routine for commu...

A new Nature study projects wildfire smoke will cause 71,000 excess deaths annually in the U.S. by 2050, representing $608 billion in damages that exceed all other estimated climate costs combined. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/wild...

Wildfire management at a crossroads: Mitigation and prevention or response and recovery? As direct and indirect costs of fires continue to grow, so too might motivation to invest more heavily in mitigation

What happens when a critical sector like forestry, the backbone of so many rural communities in western Canada, is no longer viable or sustainable because so much standing and future volume has been lost to wildfires? www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’

Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says @eea.europa.eu report

- EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Registration for RX-310 is now open and includes full access to @fireecology 2025 Fire Congress. We hope this course creates an opportunity for practitioners and managers who might not otherwise be able to attend the Congress. Register now! afefirecongress.org/registration...

Our paper takes a close look at managing designated wilderness in an era of unprecedented change. Please check it out.

A great achievement by lead author @clareboe.bsky.social!
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Long-range PM2.5 pollution and health impacts from the 2023 Canadian wildfires - Nature A modelling study based on satellite observations, machine learning and a chemical transport model quantifies the global and regional exposure to particulate-matter pollution and the human h...

"Worldwide, we estimate that 82,100 people died prematurely attributable to chronic smoke exposure from the 2023 Canadian wildfires. Of these deaths, 41,900 (95% CI, 28,400–55,400) occurred in North America, including 33,000 in the USA and 8,300 in Canada."

$1 Trillion in American Wages Has Gone Up in Wildfire Smoke The toxic haze is a nightmare for health and productivity.

From 2020 through 2024, US workers in the retail, wholesale, transportation, construction, mining and agriculture industries alone lost $1.1 trillion in wages because of exposure to wildfire smoke, according to a new estimate by Bloomberg Intelligence. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Firefighters race to save California ancient giant sequoias from Garnet Fire California firefighters are mounting extraordinary efforts to shield some of the planet’s most venerable trees from the Garnet Fire, which has burned over 55,000 acres in the Sierra National...

California firefighters are mounting extraordinary efforts to shield some of the planet’s most venerable trees from the Garnet Fire, which has burned over 55,000 acres in the Sierra National Forest.

Climate crisis will increase frequency of lightning-sparked wildfires, study finds These wildfires tend to burn in more remote areas and grow larger faster, posing a higher risk to public safety and health

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YouTube video by American Experience | PBS The Eugenics Crusade | Full Documentary | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS

If you've seen this masterful documentary by Ken Burns, then you're not at all shocked at what RFKjr/Trump/Miller et. al. are trying to pull. Full length and free on YouTube.
#PublicHealth #Quackery #Racism #AmericanExperience #PBS

California Interagency Incident Management Team 7 conspired with ICE to arrest firefighters and stop firefighting response operations fighting the Bear Gulch fires outside of Seattle.

Climate change has made Spain’s extreme fire season of 2025 a common event

Extreme fire weather conditions now 40 times more likely because of climate change.

www.climatechangepost.com/news/climate...