Black and White Fire-Scarred Cottonwood by Debra Martz
After a fire came through northern #Oklahoma, burning much of the land and the visitor/ranger station of the Salt Plains Nat'l Wildlife Refuge, this scarred tree stood proud and tall with only black and white bark for several more years.
https://debra-martz.pixels.com/featured/black-and-white-fire-scarred-cottonwood-debra-martz.html
National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlook For April Through July 2025
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https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/predictive/outlooks/monthly_seasonal_outlook.pdf <-- shared report
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #NationalFireNews #FireYear2025 #fedscience #risk #hazard #spatialanalysis #USA #model #fire #wildfire #publicsafety #loss #damage #cost #forecast #infrastructure #bushfire #alert
https://www.nifc.gov/
Trump halts Forest Service work supporting women in firefighting | Montana Public Radio
https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2025-04-10/trump-halts-forest-service-work-supporting-women-in-firefighting
Isle of Arran, #UK
A wildfire on the Scottish island.
Photograph: Police Scotland/PA
Wildfire activity is picking up in Alberta but officials predict an average season
Embracing new technology for tackling weather conditions, and a snowy spring are positive early indications leading into an average season for officials.
#wildfire #weather #technology #Alberta #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/wildfire-activity-is-picking-up-in-alberta-but-officials-predict-an-average-season-1.7507651?cmp=rss
Wildfire activity is picking up in Alberta but officials predict an average season
Embracing new technology for tackling weather conditions, and a snowy spring are positive early indications leading into an average season for officials.
#wildfire #weather #technology #Alberta #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/wildfire-activity-is-picking-up-in-alberta-but-officials-predict-an-average-season-1.7507651?cmp=rss
The cognitive path to somebody trying to have a good life in a challenging time but with low skills and thus colliding with "oops!" was surely hard to foresee.
"...the number of recreation-caused wildfires during summer [2020] was 36% greater than the 1992–2019 average; this increase was likely a function of increased outdoor recreational activity in response to social distancing measures."
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF005744?af=R
Nepal fights wildfires and pollution amidst drier winter https://phys.org/news/2025-04-nepal-wildfires-pollution-drier-winter.html
Not as dramatic as other locations, but there's been a small fire burning on the lower slopes of the Coinneachan for a couple of days now. This evening, the layer of brown smog cloud was very apparent, lying low above the horizon for 180º round from Glen Turret to the Ochil hills.
360ºpano: https://www.360cities.net/image/smog-around-auchterarder-perthshire
I discovered an overlay in Windy for where all the fires are and it's more than a bit worrying.
https://www.windy.com/-Menu/menu?rain,56.483,-3.209,8,p:firespots
Smoke from US wildfires, prescribed burns caused premature deaths, billions in health damages https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250408121337.htm
I recently discovered Windy has a map overlay layer for (wild)fires.
Have to admit it worries the pants off me seeing how many there are on the go atm.
https://www.windy.com/56.928/-4.030/ukv?ukv,rain,56.562,-3.821,8,p:firespots
Don't bet on this massive storm being once in a generation. More & larger #storms predicted. #climatechange #globalwarming #tornado #flood #wildfire #environment #insurance #midwest #southeast #texas #Arkansas #Kentucky #Mississippi
https://www.yahoo.com/news/once-generation-extreme-weather-event-114923075.html
New thematic issue of Phil. Trans. Roy Soc B is coming! Stay tuned
"Novel wildfire regimes under climate change and human influences: impacts, ecosystem responses and feedbacks"
#fire #wildfire #royalsociety @ecology @plants @wildfirescience @plantscience @nature @biodiversity
I've just published a new page on my website documenting the last 3 months on an art residency exploring fire through the plant aiteann (gorse) and its relationship to sitka spruce: https://shanefinan.org/VAP/15_aiteann.html
This was part of the international research project investigating wildfires called FIRECULT. For the project, I created charcoal and made new drawings, made work with fire, and created two new video artworks.
#Wildfire on the #BelfastHills this evening 
It seems to have been extinguished now (thanks to the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service #nifrs) but if anyone knows who started it, give them a swift kick to the 
from me… 
#Lesenswert !
Fliegende Feuermelder sollen Brandkatastrophen verhindern
#Waldbrände vernichten jedes Jahr Häuser und Ortschaften, sie können Menschenleben kosten. Auch in #Deutschland steigt das Risiko. Firmen versuchen, das Problem mit neuen Satellitennetzwerken einzudämmen. #derSpiegel #Waldbrand #incendiesdeforet #ChristophSeidler #wildfire #remotesensing #forestfire #waldbrandrisiko
@geography
Assessment Of Western Oregon Debris-Flow Hazards In Burned And Unburned Environments
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https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.70045 <-- shared paper
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[with more and more catastrophic wildfires, the engineering geology awareness and possible mapping of post-fire debris flow risk is important]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #wildfire #fire #oregon #risk #hazard #geology #geomorphology #risk #hazard #landslide #massmovement #landslide #postfire #soil #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #engineeringgeology #extremeweather #naturaldisaster #debrisflow #mechasisms #property #infrastrure #publicsafety #lossoflife #model #modeling #calibration #water #hydrology #inventory #hazardassessment #geomorphometry
Docuseries ‘Wildfire’ takes audience to front line
During the worst wildfire season in Canada's history, two former firefighters suited up not to join the fight, but to film it. Their docuseries 'Wildfire' debuts April 29.
#film #fire #Canada #Wildfire
https://globalnews.ca/news/11120369/docuseries-wildfire-release/
Scottish #wildfire forces evacuations as blaze spreads north from Galloway
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/06/scottish-wildfire-forces-evacuations-as-blaze-spreads-north-from-galloway?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Trump Said Cuts Wouldn’t Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Hundreds of Workers Who Help Fight Wildfires.
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The White House and DOGE have sought to eliminate thousands of jobs from the Forest Service. The wildland firefighting force is one of many targets within the agency.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-cuts-forest-service-firefighting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Greg Cocks 
