Lots of learning, exchange and networking about FireSat capabilities for ecosystem impact monitoring at EDF headquarters

In Spain, several pyroCb events have triggered the largest wildfires ever recorded in the country. We talk about it in the media ⬇️ www.eldiario.es/sociedad/ver...

The Gifford fire in California has already burned 53,500 hectares and it is only 61% contained. There are 13 active fires burning more than 72,500. And this is not a "bad" year

🔴⚠️🔥🇪🇸🇵🇹🌡Alarming conditions for several #wildfires affecting Spain and Portugal since days.The latest meteosat-12 📸 in early August 15 shows a giant smoke plume flying over France as well as violent fires in the iberian peninsula. #climateemergency

He podido conversar con Clemente Alvarez de El Pais sobre como los incendios moldeaban el paisaje en California antes de la llegada de los Europeos, y como ahora las quemas prescritas pueden ayudar a gestionar el territorio elpais.com/clima-y-medi...

Secuencia del satelite Meteosat el 13 de agosto de 2025 entre 11:00 de la mañana y 17:00 de la tarde hora local en España. Se aprecia la gran actividad de incendios en Portugal, Ourense, Zamora y en las últimas horas en Valencia.

El incendio de Molezuelas de la Carballeda en Zamora tiene una estimación de entre 30K y 35K hectáreas afectadas y está a punto de ser el incendio más grande conocido en España desde que hay registros. Info vía ‪@eforestal.forestry.es‬

🔴⚠️🔥♨️ The current #heatwave in iberic peninsula fuels #wildfires to both in Spain and Portugal. The latest #Sentinel3 view + FRP of 11 August late morning clearly shows multiple hotspots especially in Galicia CastillaYLeon IRTrancoso #climateemergency

Happy after some days of high-altitude field sampling in Yosemite with my great colleagues from the Safford Lab😍

Come work with us! We are looking to fill a PhD (mountain forest management) and PostDoc position (forest adaptive capacity, w/ @juditlecinadiaz.bsky.social). We'd be happy to have you as part of our dynamic team! PhD: www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0... PostDoc: www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...

Flash floods are surging across the country this summer with more than 3,600 warnings issued already in 2025. Experts say the main causes are: * Record-high humidity * A slow-moving jet stream * Rising ocean temperatures theconversation.com/why-2025-bec... #climatesky #flashflood

The area burned in the Canadian 2025 fire season has hit 5 million ha. Third active fire season in a row that combined has burned 7% of the Canadian forest. Currently we have 346 fires out of control (192 monitored out of control (OC) and 154 OC that are being actioned) so expect the number to rise.

Hiring: Professor of Wildland Urban Interface Fire Science at CalPoly, CA jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/54...

The new Journal of Pyrogeography has launched this week www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...

The 2024 Park Fire was the fourth largest wildfire on record in California and burned through forests that also burned in the 1990 Campbell Fire. The image shows the Iron Mountain area.

In historically frequent-fire forests of the Sierra Nevada (California), low- and moderate-severity ("beneficial") fire treated ~17% more area than all other treatments combined. Given limited resources, this is a crucial aspect of future planning esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Area burned over 1 million hectares in Canada and increasing. Second only to the 2023 in terms of area burned for this time of year. @ciffc.bsky.social ciffc.ca cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/maps/fm3?typ...

I’m honored to be the recipient of the Postdoctoral Excellence Award 2025 from UC Davis. A recognition of my contributions to research, mentoring and outreach during my career and my time as a postdoc at UC Davis. I'm grateful to the incredible team around me who helped make this possible. Thanks!

Un gusto poder trabajar junto a Paco Lloret, una gran mente de la ecología y una gran persona. De como el fuego pasó de herramienta a amenaza, y sobre sus efectos en las personas y la biodiversidad ➡️ lab.cccb.org/es/la-intera...

Fire ecology database for documenting plant responses to fire events in Australia by José Rafael Ferrer-Paris, Ada Sánchez-Mercado, David Keith @willcornwell.bsky.social @markooiecol.bsky.social et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Today's prescribed burn in a wetland in Spain to promote biodiversity x.com/agriculturac...

Nice video about the cultural use of fire... with a lot of good people I've met in California www.youtube.com/watch?v=COen...

It's always nice to be in the field talking about fire ecology, specially with @grumpyunclesean.bsky.social , Hugh, Ana and Simon

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...

How can we define a wildfire as extraordinarily large across regions? What constitutes a large fire event varies regionally depending on biophysical attributes and fire response. In our latest publication, we introduce a new approach using return periods to identify contextually large fires. ⬇️

Guía mexicana de procedimientos para la planificación e implementación de quemas prescritas www.gob.mx/conafor/docu...

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA: “Victorian residents urged to leave communities immediately amid out-of-control bushfires” 7news.com.au/news/victori... - 7News #Australia #Bushfires #Victoria

The european Network of Extreme fiRe behaviOr brings together researchers and partitioners to advance the current state of fire science. Have a look at nero-network.eu

My contribution to #FireScarFriday: Here I am with my baby, standing between two Giant Sequoias, side by side, marked by fire scars in California

2/n ... As the tree continues to grow, the fire is recorded by the tree in what is called a fire scar. Because tree rings can be aged, scientists can determine the years in which these fires historically occurred. . .

Canopy base height can be accurately estimated using low point density lidar (0.5 points/m2 at an altitude of approximately 1000 m). Check out the LadderFuelsR package besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Parental engagement is more important than the mere existence of children in academic performance www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🔥Grandes Incendios Forestales en España 2000-2024. ▪️La tendencia en su número se estabiliza, incluso decrece. Nº⬇️ ▪️La superficie media por GIF tiene una tendencia claramente ascendente⬆️ (Fuente de los datos: MITECO+propia; #EFFIS Copernicus-EMS) edu.forestry.es/2024/08/gran...

Afectaciones en la zona de la rambla del Poyo según evaluación de 🇪🇺@CopernicusEMS. #Valencia. 🏠3906 edificaciones afectadas 🛣️531,6 km de carreteras dañadas 🛤️15,2 km de vías férreas Descarga de información aquí: rapidmapping.emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR773/repo...

En California, la capacidad de quemar está volviendo a la ciudadanía. Se dice que se secuestró por parte de las administraciones, y ahora esta volviendo a la gente a partir de asociaciones de voluntarios (PBAs) (ademas de otras iniciativas relacionadas con las comunidades indígenas).