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In 2024 a significant portion of BC area burned was due to 2023 fires that survived the winter (see figure on the left side). The current fire situation is on the right side wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca/map and some are 2023 fires. First time I have seen fires survive two winters in Canada.

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Great story (though I might be biased) about the challenges of protecting communities from wildfires. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Fully funded PhD studentship at the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, at Imperial College London Title: Exploring environmental justice in fire governance through arts-based approaches International fees waived. Deadline 3 March 2025 centreforwildfires.org/news/phd-in-...

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Yes, there is lots work to be done in terms of fire mitigation but our forests will never be fire-proof nor should they be. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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The Faculty of Environment and Natural Resource, University of Freiburg invites applications for a Full Professorship (W 3) for Fire Ecology in the Department of Forest Sciences. uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...

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Want a career in fire weather? Meteorologist position competition open for the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency - see link below. govskpsc.taleo.net/careersectio...

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We are recruiting a postdoctoral ORISE fellow to join an interdisciplinary team focused on issues of ecosystem type conversion, directional biodiversity change, and what to do about it. Please spread the word! 🌎🌐🧪 Details here: www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/...

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Please RT and share! JOIN THE LAB! We are looking to recruit a motivated PhD student to study how fire shapes forest dynamics in #longleaf pine at the beautiful @thejonesctr.bsky.social with Dr. Heather Alexander Auburn University. Apps due Feb 28, 2025. www.jonesctr.org/wp-content/u...

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Check out the climate institute's report - close to home. Wildfire and flooding risk could increase significantly. Wildfire impacts could be highest in Alberta and BC (Fig. 10 below) climateinstitute.ca/reports/clos... We need cooperation from all levels of government to address this challenge.

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I update this graph (Carbon dioxide from Mauna Loa) almost every time I give a talk. Giving a guest lecture next week and when I tried to access the site - it has been removed. Same for methane. These are observations and the removal the sites are unnecessary and, in my opinion, unacceptable.

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Editor's Choice - Canadian Journal of Forest Research Feb. 2025. The 2023 wildfires in British Columbia, Canada: impacts, drivers, and transformations to coexist with wildfire led by Professor Lori Daniels @loridanielsubc.bsky.social Give it a read cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Recently we heard that that our cbc podcast 'World on Fire' landed number 4 of the 20 top offerings about #wildfire on Feed spot Podcast podcast.feedspot.com/wildfire_pod... . Shout out to co-host Adrienne Lamb cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

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One of my favorite things about #peatlands is their patterning at different scales caused by millennia of interplay between hydrology and peat accumulation - mainly Sphagnum mosses. Spent my Saturday evening looking at satellite images of the Hudson Bay Lowlands - a perfectly reasonable activity…

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Want to learn about wildfires and climate change - watch the ICLR Webinar on wildfire and climate change in Canada but aspects of the talk are universal. Also, a brief overview of recent fires in southern California as of January 10th www.iclr.org/workshops/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8EO...

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“TRU Wildfire has taken another step forward, with three newly minted programs in wildfire science and communication now officially on offer starting next fall.” www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Kamloop... - @castanetkamloops.net #BCWildfire #Kamloops

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$8.5 billion disaster insurance loss record should be wake-up call: Experts and observers, with commentary by ICLR's McGillivray vancouversun.com/news/8-5-bil...

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Monday January 13th evening fire in Oxnard - mostly urban. firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#m:advan...

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Wildfire is a multi-faceted issue that will need multi-prong solutions. There is no silver bullet or quick fix. I look forward to the recommendations of an After Action Review (AAR) when this nightmarish fire situation in southern California is over.

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The ECMWF shows some rain possible next weekend (Jan. 18-19) for srn California with potential for significant rain the following weekend. Forecasts can change and given the bone-dry conditions any windy conditions can cause problems until we see some rain. www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=...

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During the 1985-2020 period about 50% of the Santa Ana Wind (SAW) fires were ignited by powerlines. Many of the current fires are still under investigation but would expect half or even more were started by powerlines given the extreme wind speeds. www.publish.csiro.au/WF/WF23190

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Santa Ana Wind (SAW) driven fires do occur in January but typically are not large and damaging. Figure below shows number of SAW fires for 1950-2020. These SAW fires are driven by wind speed and drought. www.publish.csiro.au/WF/WF23190

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New paper by Wang et al in @science.org adds more support for aridity driving the increase in fire in north temperate/boreal systems. #FireEcology #ForestEcology www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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The Association for Fire Ecology is now on Bluesky!🦋 Follow us to stay up-to-date with Fire Ecology Journal articles, fire ecology news and job posts, and Fire Ecology Chats podcast episodes. Learn more about us here: fireecology.org

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Congratulations to Weiwei Wang (early career researcher) on her paper in Science out today - 'Canadian forests are more conducive to high-severity fires in recent decades' largely due to increases in fuel aridity. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Some thoughts on the use of AI/ML in climate modeling... @realclimate.org ¡AI Caramba! www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

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The high temperatures and strong winds are facilitating the spread of the Grampians fire (Victoria, Australia). A quick estimate suggests more than 60000 ha 🌍🔥🌳 wildfire Images: ‪@zoom.earth‬ & NASA FIRMS, 20, 25 & 25 Dec 2024

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Check out the research summaries of recent papers on the TRU Wildfire page - scroll to the bottom of the page. Stay tuned as more summaries will be posted soon. www.tru.ca/wildfire/wil...

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🔥 In 2023, wildfires burned a record-breaking 15 million hectares in Canada—more than twice the previous record. Our new paper in Nature Communications explores the drivers behind this catastrophic season. 🌍 [Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵 (1/)

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Study: Wildland firefighters are exposed to 31 carcinogens on the job www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2024-12-16/w... @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social

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Lots of exciting things happening at Thompson Rivers University (TRU). Check out a recent story in the Globe and Mail on some of the wildfire work here at TRU Wildfire. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/adv...

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Canada's cities are losing up to 19 days of winter www.cbc.ca/news/science...

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🧵 THREAD: 1. Scientists, experts & we journalists love to write about how immediately extinguishing every wildfire is dangerous & why more fires should be allowed to burn. They're not necessarily wrong but such discussions often miss the practical challenges of doing so.

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A couple of colleagues suggested I organize my scattered comments of this year's fires in the Northeast into a short (!) narrative. History News Network has graciously published it: www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/the-...

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Hello Blueksy! NIST is seeking a motivated scientist to join the Fire Research Division in our efforts to model wildland, wildland-urban interface, and prescribed fires! Please reach out if interested. #postdoc #science #wildfire

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Here, by the way, are NOAA's ENSO forecasts from March which predicted strong La Nina (Nino3.4 ~ -1.7) conditions by this November, compared with the actual neutral conditions (Nino3.4 ~ -0.14, marked by 'x') we are instead seeing:

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Food for thought for the climate/insurance folks. The NAIC just released a new climate change stress test for property and casualty insurers in the US. The test is focused on hurricane and wildfire risks only and offers insurers a few ways to comply: content.naic.org/sites/defaul...

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“UW-led research links wildfire smoke with increased dementia risk” mynorthwest.com/4015250/uw-l... - My Northwest #dementia #wildfire #wildfiresmoke

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How Are Weather and Climate Products and Decision Support Systems Used in Wildland Fire Decision Making in the US Southwest? 👀 'Relatively few sources of weather and climate information are consulted by Southwest wildland fire managers' ... more here: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

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Cool postdoctoral opportunities with the Climate Assessment of the Southwest (CLIMAS) on wildfire information and recovery arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... and arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

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“During the summer of 2023, Canada experienced its most intense wildfire season on record.” research.noaa.gov/early-season... - NOAA Research #ClimateChange #Drought #Wildfires

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Offre de #stage/#Internship possibily Impacts of time since last #wildfire on forest composition and structure of the Lac Hebecourt islands #uqat

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Fire weather folks...BC Wildfire Service is hiring a fire weather forecaster. Dec 9th is the closing date. bcpublicservice.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/Posti...

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Our TRU Wildfire family is growing. We just hired Dinyar Minocher as our Wildfire Research Director and Quentin Nelson as our Training Director. inside.tru.ca/2024/11/27/m...

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“North Dakota delegation requests assistance for historic ND wildfires” kfgo.com/2024/11/25/n... - KFGO #NDFire #NDwx

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NOAA/NWS friends - We have openings at the Denver/Boulder office! Specifically an RON. It's a fantastic place to work. Challenging weather, collocated with many research entities, and beautiful area. Message me for the application info, since it's internal to NOAA :) Happy to answer questions!

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