Whenever a story appears about increasing risk of wildfires, some helpful chap always likes to comment “that global burned area is declining so stop being alarmist.” A new paper explains the paradox. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #climatechange #wildfire #fireweather

Globally, the population directly exposed to wildland fires increased 40%, 2002-2021, despite 26% decline in burned area. Africa is, by far, the global hot spot for this exposure, w/ 85% of global exposures occurring in Africa in that period. www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

🔥 Our new research in @science.org shows that people are increasingly exposed to fires globally, driven by overlapping shifts in where #fires occur and where people live. But changes in exposure vary hugely by region and are shaped by different population dynamics.👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Happy to be on the team that looked at exposure to smoke from low intensity wildfires and impacts on global health www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Thrilled to share our new paper in @natureportfolio.nature.com npj Natural Hazards: 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐔𝐈 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞-𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚. www.nature.com/articles/s44... @mojisadegh.bsky.social @climate-guy.bsky.social

Led by Yavar Pourmohammad and published in @agu.org Earth's Future, we developed #MachineLearning models to infer the cause of wildfires that were recorded with an unknown/missing cause from their physical, biological and administrative covariates: doi.org/10.1029/2024... @climate-guy.bsky.social

Here is my first post: Congratulations to two brilliant PhD students at Boise State University for receiving awards from NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Joint Fire Science Program: Looking forward to the great science and products that Yavar and Amirhossein will develop.