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  • New study using state-of-the-art fire-vegetation models estimates a 10% global reduction in tree covered area and vegetation carbon storage due to fire

    26th May, 20 / Latest News

    Terrestrial ecosystems, particularly large forests, represent an important source of carbon uptake and storage, but their capacity to do so can be impacted by the occurrence of fire. Other factors, such as drought and herbivory also interact within ecosystems, making it difficult to determine to what extent fire impacts the carbon cycle, and therefore how […]

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  • With the threat of wildfires increasing, how is the UK’s response being coordinated?

    21st May, 20 / Latest News

    Photo: Paul Hedley, Chief Fire Officer of Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service The UK is not a wildfire hotspot, when compared to places such as the Mediterranean or Australia, yet wildfires still pose a threat to life, health and property. This risk is only likely to grow with climate change, with wildfires increasing in frequency […]

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  • Adapting to a changing climate in the management of wildfires – what we know, and what we need to do

    7th May, 20 / Latest News

    By Dr Adriana Ford, Centre Manager (Photo: OECD Conference Centre in Paris) Recognising the significant impact that wildfires can have on socio-economic development,  the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) held an international conference “Adapting to a changing climate in the management of wildfires”,  jointly organised with PLACARD, on the 16-17 January 2020 in […]

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  • An interview with Dr Apostolos Voulgarakis

    18th March, 20 / Latest News

    Dr Apostolos Voulgarakis is an Associate Director, and Founding Director, of the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society. He is Associate Professor at the Technical University of Crete and remains a part-time Reader at Imperial within the Department of Physics, in the Space and Atmospheric Physics Group. Our Centre Director, Prof. Colin Prentice, asked […]

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  • Wildfire research centre to launch with £10m from the Leverhulme Trust

    17th August, 19 / Latest News , Events

    New funding will help improve prediction and management of wildfires globally through the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society.

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Latest News

  • 17th August, 19

    Wildfire research centre to launch with £10m from the Leverhulme Trust

  • 19th September, 19

    ‘South East Asia choking – again’- BBC’s Science in Action (19 Sept 2019)

  • 8th November, 19

    Burning Issue – Research Professional (8 Nov 2019)

  • 9th December, 19

    Spreading like wildfire; the double-threat of changing landscapes and climate – Climate & Environment at Imperial (9 Dec 2019)

  • 2nd January, 20

    Leverhulme Wildfires Research Workshop: Fire in the Tropics (23 Jan 2020)

  • 2nd January, 20

    Research Associate to investigate Arctic fires in the Thermofluids Division

  • 2nd January, 20

    Research Assistant/Associate in Earth Systems Modelling

  • 10th January, 20

    PhD Studentship: Physical and socio-economic drivers of changing fire dynamics in Ethiopia’s drylands and impacts on ecosystem services

  • 10th January, 20

    PhD Studentship: Contested fire management: Understanding trade-offs between traditional and government approaches to fire management

  • 14th January, 20

    Climate change increases the risk of wildfires confirms new review (14 Jan 2020)

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