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Landscape fires estimated to cause over 600 thousand premature deaths each year, many in children under five
Photo: Smoke from surrounding peatland fires often pollutes the air in the city of Palangkarya (Kalimantan, Indonesia) – home to around 250,000 people. During these events. levels of airborne fine particulate matter (PM2.5) reach many times those considered extremely hazardous to health. Ambient (outdoor) air pollution is the world’s greatest environmental health risk, and a […]
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King’s researchers contribute to new study that says Australia’s ‘Black Summer’ should be a wake-up call
“Satellite data analysis by our researchers revealed the severity of bushfires in Australia during 2019 to 2020 compared to previous years” – Leverhulme Wildfires researchers at King’s College London contribute to an ANU-led study looking at bushfires during the Black Summer of 2019 to 2020.
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Quantifying past fire-biodiversity relationships in European Landscapes
Photo: wildfire at Eagle Creek Trailhead, USA. Credit: Luke Flynt (Unsplash) Jacob Mercer is a Leverhulme Wildfires 2020 summer placement student, reading Mathematics and Statistics at Worcester College, Oxford. Through the Natural Environment Research Council research experience placement scheme, Jacob had the opportunity to undertake a project supervised by Dr. Daniele Colombaroli at Royal Holloway, […]
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Workshop- Creating Synthesis between Wildfires, Art and Research (27 Jan 2021)
At the start of 2021, we are launching ‘Wildfires at the Arts-Science Interface’ a series of projects and activities in collaboration with the Arts Cabinet, that aim to create productive intersections between the issue of wildfires and art. The project is kindly funded by KCL Faculty, Departmental and Impact funds as well as Centre contribution. […]
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Leverhulme Wildfires Research Workshop: Fire in the North (12 Jan 2020)
Our fifth Leverhulme Wildfires Research Workshop, and our first of 2021, will be focused on Fire in the North, chaired by Prof. Sandy Harrison, University of Reading. Please see a draft agenda below, and get in touch at wildfire@imperial.ac.uk if you are not a Centre member or affiliate but interested in joining.
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Leverhulme Wildfires Research Workshop: Earth Observation (17 Dec 2020)
Our fourth Leverhulme Wildfires Research Workshop will be on Earth Observation, chaired by Prof Martin Wooster. Please get in touch at wildfire@imperial.ac.uk if you are not a Centre member or affiliate but interested in joining. 9.30-11.50 Thursday 17th December
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Introduction to King’s Earth Observation & Research Group
Ahead of our next Leverhulme Wildfires Research Workshop this month on Earth Observation, check out this introductory video below, of the King’s Earth Observation and Wildfire Research Group, which is led by the Centre’s Associate Director, Prof. Martin Wooster, in the Department of Geography.
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Simulations show Large Human-made Wildfires in Indonesia Impact on El Niño Weather
Photo: Firefighters battle a blaze near Pekanbaru, Riau in 2019. These wildfires, initiated by humans, quickly become out of control in the region, burning for months on end with devastating consequences. Source: Wahyudi/AFP/Getty Images [1]. Clara Bayley is Leverhulme Wildfires summer placement student. She has recently completed her undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences at the […]
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PhD Studentships – King’s-China Scholarship Council
The Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society is welcoming applicants for the King’s China Scholarship Council awards. Up to 100 K-CSC joint scholarship awards are available to support students from China who are seeking to start an MPhil/PhD degree at King’s College London in the 2021/22 academic year. Visit here for more information. The […]
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PhD Studentship: Inequalities in the health risks and impacts of wildfires
Supervisors: Professor Majid Ezzati (Imperial College London; www.globalenvhealth.org) and Professor Sandy Harrison (University of Reading) We welcome applications for funded 4-year PhD studentships to start in Spring-Autumn 2021. This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious researcher to conduct interdisciplinary research on vulnerability to, and inequalities in, the health risks and impacts of wildfires. Wildfires […]
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