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The impact of landscape fire smoke on insects
by Yanan Liu Landscape fires are expected to increase in many regions because of rises in temperature and changes in precipitation from global climate change. Smoke emissions from landscape fires contain many harmful atmospheric pollutants and will have ecological impacts. In particular, as insects play essential roles in many ecosystems, they may be sensitive to […]
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The Culture File Debate: The Fire This Time (29 Oct 2022)
On Samhain Weekend, the Culture File Debate (RTÉ Lyric Fm) takes on the myths and the meanings of fire with Dr Cathy Smith, researcher at the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires; Donal Lally, co-founder of ANNEX; Andrew Scott, Professor of Modern and Ancient Fire Systems, and Rónán Ó Raghallaigh, an artist whose work involves performance and […]
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Wildfires as a Shared Arctic Variable
By Adriana Ford In 2021, another grim milestone for climate change was reported – smoke from wildfires had reached the North Pole. Whilst it can’t yet be definitively determined if it was a historic first, it was nevertheless symbolic of the pressing issue of wildfires in the Arctic. The significance of Arctic fires is reflected […]
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Post-doctoral opportunity: Research Associate in Wildfire Smoke Analysis / Infrared Spectroscopy
Job ID: 053489 Salary: £40,386 – £47,414 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance Posted: 02-Sep-2022 Closing date: 02-Oct-2022 Business unit: Social Science & Public Policy Department: Department of Geography Contact details: Martin Wooster, martin.wooster@kcl.ac.uk Apply here Job description The researcher will join the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires Environment and Society and be based within the vibrant, multi-disciplinary Earth Observation and Wildfire Research […]
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Post-doctoral opportunity: Research Associate in Earth Observation and Landscape Fire Science
University: King’s College London Job ID: 053468 Salary: £40,386 – £47,414 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance Posted: 02-Sep-2022 Closing date: 02-Oct-2022 Business unit: Social Science & Public Policy Department: Department of Geography Contact details: Martin Wooster, martin.wooster@kcl.ac.uk Apply here Job description The researcher will join the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires Environment and Society and be based within the vibrant, multi-disciplinary Earth Observation […]
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Good Fire in Guyana with Kayla de Freitas and Nicolas Cyril (29 Aug 2022)
Good Fire Podcast by Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff – Stories of Indigenous fire stewardship, cultural and social empowerment, and environmental integrity In this episode, Kayla de Freitas and Nicholas Cyril talk about the cultural burning practices in Guyana
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Upcoming: ISAR-7 Special Session on Arctic fires (Japan/hybrid)- Call for Abstracts (deadline 31 Oct 22)
ISAR-7 – Seventh International Symposium on Arctic Research ***CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – Deadline October 31, 2022, 11:59PM (JST= GMT+9) *** Where: Tachikawa, Tokyo (Japan) and Online When: March 6 to 10, 2023 Conference website | Call for Abstracts – Flyer | Abstract submissions Session Summary This session focuses on high-latitude fires and their interactions […]
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Satellite data reveals extent of burnt areas in Europe caused by intense wildfires this summer
By Michel Valette and Haleema Misal The months of June and July in Europe have witnessed record high temperatures leading to many wildfires over the continent. Mediterranean countries are accustomed to wildfires due to ecosystem and climatic factors, but this fire season is especially intense. The heatwave in July also spread to northern Europe, […]
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Upcoming: Leverhulme Wildfires Research Workshop – Pastoralism and Fire in Africa (4 Oct 2022)
More information to follow soon Where: MS Teams When: Tues 4th Oct, 1-4pm BST Chair: Dr Cathy Smith, RHUL Speakers: Pablo Manzano Baena (University of Helsinki): The changing links between pastoral herbivory and fire as ecological processes Sally Archibald (University of Witwatersrand): Understanding and modelling patterns of fire in African rangelands Maike Petersen (University of […]
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Upcoming: Between Fires – rethinking our relationship with fire (31 Aug 2022)
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference 2022 Wednesday, 31 August, 2022, 16:50-18:30 BST (Online only) Download flyer here Who should have the rights and responsibilities for the work of fire use/recovery? Why? What does living with fire look like in the present and future? In the dominant framing of fire, visible during ‘mega […]
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