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How Potassium in Biomass Could Improve Wildfire Emission Estimates
By Farrer Owsley-Brown, King’s College London Leverhulme Wildfires researchers from King’s College London have published a new paper, “Can the remote sensing of combustion phase improve estimates of landscape fire smoke emission rate and composition?”, in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. Our work takes a fresh look at a crucial, yet often overlooked, factor in wildfire emissions: […]
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PhD in Exploring environmental justice in fire governance through arts-based approaches (closing date 3 Mar 2025)
PhD opportunity with the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society at Imperial College London Title: Exploring environmental justice in fire governance through arts-based approaches Project Outline Wildfires are one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time, causing devastating impacts in many parts of the world, including fire-prone regions such as California, […]
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Leverhulme Wildfires Spring Symposium 2025
What: Leverhulme Wildfires Spring Symposium 2025 When: Tues 27th and Wed 28th May 2025 Where: University of Reading, Meadow Suite, Park House. Online (MS Teams) for those who cannot attend in person (overseas, caring duties, health reasons etc). Aim: Sharing and celebrating the Centre’s research, gaining feedback, fostering collaborations and new ideas, building community Who: […]
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In the Media – on the Los Angeles Wildfires of January 2025
Here we provide a collation of media mentions, interviews etc from our Centre members in relation to the LA wildfires of Jan 2025 (this may be updated). It has been fantastic that not just our esteemed senior academics have contributed, but also our post-doctoral researchers and PhD students. Prof Apostolos Voulgarakis (Imperial College London/TUC) in […]
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Giraffe Team Bulletin – latest from the new Leverhulme Wildfires research teams. No.2
Welcome to the second Giraffe Team Bulletin! Approximately every two months, we share a Giraffe Team bulletin, providing you with an update on the latest from each of our six teams. We hope you enjoy the bulletins and that it helps you keep abreast of our research. Please do get in touch if you want […]
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L.A. Wildfires: Reimagining recovery and resilience
by Alex Mines, Imperial College London/ Leverhulme Wildfires In the aftermath of the palisades and Eaton Wildfires of Los Angeles this month, California’s communities, policymakers, and insurance markets must collaborate to promote greater fire-resiliency. California can be observed as a ‘canary in the coalmine’ when identifying market and governance challenges states face when confronted by […]
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Leverhulme Wildfires expert Prof Martin Wooster awarded MBE in New Year Honours
A huge congratulations to our Associate Director Prof Martin Wooster, expert in wildfires and earth observation at KCL, for being awarded an MBE in the 2025 New Year’s Honours! Read more here! Photo: Prof Martin Wooster (left) with some of the team (Luke Richardson-Foulger and Dr Mark Grosevnor, and at the back Chris Sherwin from […]
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For Your Inspiration – Earth Extremes (Royal Institute) (8 Nov 2024)
For Your Inspiration – Earth Extremes (Royal Institute) (8 Nov 2024) – organised by the Grantham Institute Read more here Book via Eventbrite From the icy cold arctic to the blistering heat of a volcano, animals and plants have adapted to live in these spaces. With our climate becoming more extreme, humans will also […]
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FIRE IN PRACTICE: Godwin Dzekoto – Revisiting fire management in Ghana: Integrating historical practices, institutional dynamics and collaborative approaches (27 Nov 2024)
Register on Eventbrite When: Wednesday 27th November 2024, 14:30-15:30 GMT Where: Online (Zoom) / Melbourne House boardroom (for Centre members) Title: Revisiting fire management in Ghana: Integrating historical practices, institutional dynamics and collaborative approaches Speaker: Godwin Dzekoto, A Rocha Ghana Abstract Fire management in Ghana has historically been shaped by a complex interplay of traditional practices, […]
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Guest Seminar: Mexico’s challenging path towards integrated and intercultural fire management (26 Nov 2024)
Please register on Eventbrite Tuesday 26th November 2024, 4-5pm GMT Title: Mexico’s challenging path towards integrated and intercultural fire management Abstract Over the last decades, researchers and practitioners have proposed integrated approaches to fire management, which consider fire ecology, and a focus on prevention and risk reduction. In some instances, this has also included a non-prohibitive […]
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