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  • Wildfires becoming harder to control (10 Aug 2021)

    12th August, 21 / In the Media

    Professor Demeritt spoke with the BBC Radio4 Today programme about how heavy forestation and fuel built up from previous fires, as well as difficult terrain, have all contributed to wildfires being much harder to control. He added that it seems likely that wildfires will become an inevitable part of life for people in places such […]

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  • Why are wildfires getting worse? (6 Aug 2021)

    6th August, 21 / In the Media

    Professor Guillermo Rein explains why wildfires are getting worse in this video for The Sun.

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  • How to Kill a Zombie Fire (24 Mar 2021)

    24th March, 21 / In the Media

    “Underground peat fires refuse to die, even when flooded with water. So scientists developed a new weapon to put them down for good.” This article in Wired reports on new research from Imperial’s Hazelab.    

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  • Peat fires, like those raging in Siberia, will become more common in Canada (1 Aug 2020)

    1st August, 20 / In the Media

    “The notion of wildfires in Siberia, an area known for its blustery, snow-capped landscapes, seems counter-intuitive. The recent blazes have been driven by a record heat wave in the Russian Arctic, but these aren’t your typical forest fires. They’re actually peat fires, a natural phenomenon that scientists have only recently begun to understand— and one […]

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  • Record heat wave in Siberia has far-flung consequences (13 July 2020)

    13th July, 20 / In the Media

    “Oil spills, intense heat waves, smoldering wildfires and thawing permafrost: Siberia is experiencing the destructive effects of climate change. And scientists say if action isn’t taken soon, it’s only going to get worse”. Imperial’s Prof Guillermo Rein spoke to DW news about peatfires in Siberia. Image: A dry grass fire in Siberia, about 75 kilometers […]

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  • British wildfires are getting more frequent. Here’s what that means. (27 Apr 2020)

    27th April, 20 / In the Media

    While small-scale compared to infernos elsewhere, the rise in incidents of serious wildfires could be harder to control in future years. Prof. Guillermo Rein speaks to National Geographic. Read the story here.

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  • Wildfires are ruinous – so how to stop them happening in the first place? (12 Feb 2020)

    13th February, 20 / In the Media

    “In the wake of destruction caused by wildfires, most recently in Australia, experts are seeking ways of limiting their impact by managing forests better” Prof Guillermo Rein (Imperial) talks to the Guardian about megafires and the need for prescribed burning.

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  • Firing Up Climate Models (27 Jan 2020)

    27th January, 20 / In the Media

    Our Associate Director Dr Apostolos Voulgarakis in EOS (Earth and Space News) on the challenges of incorporating wildfires into climate models.

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  • UK climate scientist corrects Australian MP Craig Kelly’s ‘blatant misrepresentation’, The Guardian (22 Jan 2020)

    22nd January, 20 / In the Media

    “Prof Sandy Harrison tells the Liberal on his Facebook page that his misuse of her study should not go unchallenged”

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  • The Science of a Bushfire (14 Jan 2020)

    14th January, 20 / In the Media

    Podcast with Prof Guillermo Rein for the Naked Scientists

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Mission

Our mission is to lead game-changing global research for understanding, predicting and managing wildfires.

Latest News
  • 20th May, 22

    Furthering our understanding of the global patterns of burnt area, fire size and fire intensity

  • 12th April, 22

    Climate drivers of wildfire burned area across the globe

  • 8th April, 22

    Future climate change impact on wildfire danger over the Mediterranean: the case of Greece

  • 30th March, 22

    Fire in Practice – Tercia Strydom, SANParks (26 Apr)

  • 30th March, 22

    Leverhulme Wildfires- FURNACES joint research workshop (19 Apr)

  • 28th March, 22

    Declining controlled fire use undermines subsistence-oriented and smallholder livelihoods, and threatens ecosystems

  • 17th March, 22

    Decolonising Fire Science – An Introduction (5 Apr)

  • 11th March, 22

    What’s Next? Forest Fires in California’s New Climate Reality (18 Mar)

  • 11th March, 22

    High-latitude Fires, Arctic Climate, Environment, and Health Workshop (28 Mar)

  • 9th March, 22

    PhD Studentship: An analysis of the impact of climate change on traditional fire knowledge

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May 25, 2022

Well done to our ECRs who've presented research at this year's @EuroGeosciences conference in Vienna! Plus, for those attending, don't miss out on our session - "The socio-ecological dynamics of Anthropocene wildfire regimes" on Friday 27th https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/session/43581 #EGU22

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