Over the past several days, the world has watched on in shock as wildfires have devastated large parts of Los Angeles. Beyond ...

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 ...

The rapid urbanization of California's fire-prone zones, driven by large-scale land developments known as McMansionization, ...

In this month’s massive Los Angeles fires, so far 24 people have died, thousands of structures have been destroyed and ...

It should also be of interest to plant ecologists working in other regions where periodic fire is an important ecosystem process.' Landscape Ecology ...

"Natural ignitions occur as a result of lightning strikes in the growing season," said Virginia Tech fire ecology and management expert Adam Coates. "Fire is part of Earth's natural landscape.

The man who was responsible for a fuel spill that fueled a boathouse fire at the Clover Island Boat Launch in Kennewick in ...

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

(Courtesy Antone Perucci) This fire ecology research suggests that anthropogenic, or human-made, fires would create a landscape dominated by open, prairie-like vegetation, while those fires ...

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 ...