"Industry-managed forests more likely to fuel megafires -- Forests managed by timber companies were more likely to exhibit the conditions that megafires love—dense stands of regularly spaced trees with continuous vegetation connecting the understory to the canopy." 🌏 attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff...
Industry-managed forests more likely to fuel megafires - @theU
Forests managed by timber companies were more likely to exhibit the conditions that megafires love—dense stands of regularly spaced trees with continuous vegetation connecting the...
attheu.utah.edu
August 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"Industry-managed forests more likely to fuel megafires -- Forests managed by timber companies were more likely to exhibit the conditions that megafires love—dense stands of regularly spaced trees with continuous vegetation connecting the understory to the canopy." 🌏 attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff...
We published this in 2020: They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen?
They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen?
This is a story about frustration, about watching the West burn when you fully understand why it’s burning — and understand why it did not need to be this bad.
bit.ly
January 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
We published this in 2020: They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen?
The world is on fire. West faces megafires, while East extreme heat. We’ve entered the Anthropocene, forecasted 8 decades ago. Firefighters are underfunded & understaffed; already lost three heroes. BigTech is the new BigOil, stealing water & energy through data/surveillance centers🇺🇸 Hart28.com
June 30, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The world is on fire. West faces megafires, while East extreme heat. We’ve entered the Anthropocene, forecasted 8 decades ago. Firefighters are underfunded & understaffed; already lost three heroes. BigTech is the new BigOil, stealing water & energy through data/surveillance centers🇺🇸 Hart28.com
“Reversing anthropogenic climate change remains the urgent broad-scale solution” for protecting terrestrial biodiversity from megafires.
A swamp wallaby, one of my favourite macropods, on the cover of Nature, and I’m a coauthor on the paper www.nature.com/articles/s41..., led by @dadriscoll.bsky.social.
Achievements unlocked!
Achievements unlocked!
December 17, 2024 at 2:56 AM
“Reversing anthropogenic climate change remains the urgent broad-scale solution” for protecting terrestrial biodiversity from megafires.
The world is on fire. West faces megafires, while East extreme heat. We’ve entered the Anthropocene, forecasted 8 decades ago. Firefighters are underfunded & understaffed; already lost three heroes. BigTech is the new BigOil, stealing water & energy through data/surveillance centers🇺🇸 Hart28.com
July 20, 2026 at 4:23 AM
The world is on fire. West faces megafires, while East extreme heat. We’ve entered the Anthropocene, forecasted 8 decades ago. Firefighters are underfunded & understaffed; already lost three heroes. BigTech is the new BigOil, stealing water & energy through data/surveillance centers🇺🇸 Hart28.com
From Arctic heat to megafires, WMO report shows climate change completely reshaping Europe: www.earth.com/news/from-ar...
From Arctic heat to megafires, WMO report shows climate change completely reshaping Europe
A new climate report reveals how rising temperatures, shrinking glaciers, drought, and record wildfires are reshaping Europe.
www.earth.com
June 9, 2026 at 10:30 PM
From Arctic heat to megafires, WMO report shows climate change completely reshaping Europe: www.earth.com/news/from-ar...
The world is on fire. West faces megafires, while East extreme heat. We’ve entered the Anthropocene, forecasted 8 decades ago. Firefighters are underfunded & understaffed; already lost three heroes. BigTech is the new BigOil, stealing water & energy through data/surveillance centers🇺🇸 Hart28.com
August 23, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The world is on fire. West faces megafires, while East extreme heat. We’ve entered the Anthropocene, forecasted 8 decades ago. Firefighters are underfunded & understaffed; already lost three heroes. BigTech is the new BigOil, stealing water & energy through data/surveillance centers🇺🇸 Hart28.com
I admit it. I laughed.
April 11, 2026 at 1:11 AM
I admit it. I laughed.
🔥 New paper in npj Natural Hazards.
Analysing 11,403 wildfires across Mediterranean Europe (2008–2022), we show that megafires emerge when drought aligns with extreme fire weather, especially warm nights and strong winds near ignition.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#Wildfires #ClimateChange
Analysing 11,403 wildfires across Mediterranean Europe (2008–2022), we show that megafires emerge when drought aligns with extreme fire weather, especially warm nights and strong winds near ignition.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#Wildfires #ClimateChange
Megafires in Mediterranean Europe: the compound role of fire weather and drought - npj Natural Hazards
npj Natural Hazards - Megafires in Mediterranean Europe: the compound role of fire weather and drought
www.nature.com
March 16, 2026 at 5:39 PM
🔥 New paper in npj Natural Hazards.
Analysing 11,403 wildfires across Mediterranean Europe (2008–2022), we show that megafires emerge when drought aligns with extreme fire weather, especially warm nights and strong winds near ignition.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#Wildfires #ClimateChange
Analysing 11,403 wildfires across Mediterranean Europe (2008–2022), we show that megafires emerge when drought aligns with extreme fire weather, especially warm nights and strong winds near ignition.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
#Wildfires #ClimateChange
‘We surpassed human limits to stop this’: LA megafires show our approach to fire needs to change
‘We surpassed human limits to stop this’: LA megafires show our approach to fire needs to change
As the climate crisis turbocharges wildfires, adding resources alone won’t be enough to stop the destruction – our relationship with the land must be remade
When Edward Kelly, the president of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), toured…
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
‘We surpassed human limits to stop this’: LA megafires show our approach to fire needs to change
Despite years of rain, Blue Mountains forests still haven’t recovered from the Black Summer megafires
theconversation.com/despite-year...
theconversation.com/despite-year...
Despite years of rain, Blue Mountains forests still haven’t recovered from the Black Summer megafires
Heavy rains after the Black Summer megafires drove rapid regrowth of plants. But these signs of recovery can hide the true story.
theconversation.com
September 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Despite years of rain, Blue Mountains forests still haven’t recovered from the Black Summer megafires
theconversation.com/despite-year...
theconversation.com/despite-year...
5 wet years post- #megafires has seen species like shorteared possum spread out in the local landscape.
December 1, 2024 at 9:31 PM
5 wet years post- #megafires has seen species like shorteared possum spread out in the local landscape.
The world is on fire. West faces megafires, while East extreme heat. We’ve entered the Anthropocene, forecasted 8 decades ago. Firefighters are underfunded & understaffed; already lost three heroes. BigTech is the new BigOil, stealing water & energy through data/surveillance centers🇺🇸 Hart28.com
July 29, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The world is on fire. West faces megafires, while East extreme heat. We’ve entered the Anthropocene, forecasted 8 decades ago. Firefighters are underfunded & understaffed; already lost three heroes. BigTech is the new BigOil, stealing water & energy through data/surveillance centers🇺🇸 Hart28.com
Over at the Climate Brink I take a deep dive into climate and wildfires in Canada, and why complaints about Canadian forest management largely miss the mark as conditions rapidly have become more favorable for megafires: www.theclimatebrink....
July 17, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Over at the Climate Brink I take a deep dive into climate and wildfires in Canada, and why complaints about Canadian forest management largely miss the mark as conditions rapidly have become more favorable for megafires: www.theclimatebrink....
When the next megafires come, will Australia's media institutions be able to hold out amid the great information collapse?
How megafires and fake news are forcing information collapse
With each new cataclysmic blaze around the world comes ever-worsening fake news and misinformation, left to fester and spread by the right-wing 'broligarchy'.
www.crikey.com.au
January 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
When the next megafires come, will Australia's media institutions be able to hold out amid the great information collapse?
The world is on fire. West faces megafires, while East extreme heat. We’ve entered the Anthropocene, forecasted 8 decades ago. Firefighters are underfunded & understaffed; already lost three heroes. BigTech is the new BigOil, stealing water & energy through data/surveillance centers🇺🇸 Hart28.com
August 11, 2026 at 1:06 AM
The world is on fire. West faces megafires, while East extreme heat. We’ve entered the Anthropocene, forecasted 8 decades ago. Firefighters are underfunded & understaffed; already lost three heroes. BigTech is the new BigOil, stealing water & energy through data/surveillance centers🇺🇸 Hart28.com
Results indicate that riverscapes with high degree of manipulation by beavers have significant resistance to burning during megafires. This resistance may also provide valuable secondary benefits in postfire ecosystem health, water quality, and biodiversity. pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/books/bo...
Impacts of beaver dams on riverscape burn severity during megafires in the Rocky Mountain region, western United States | Biogeomorphic Responses to Wildfire in Fluvial Ecosystems | GeoScienceWorld Bo...
ABSTRACT. Megafires, defined as fires with burn areas greater than 100,000 acres (404.7 km2), result partly from increasingly short wet seasons coupled with con
pubs.geoscienceworld.org
March 7, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Results indicate that riverscapes with high degree of manipulation by beavers have significant resistance to burning during megafires. This resistance may also provide valuable secondary benefits in postfire ecosystem health, water quality, and biodiversity. pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/books/bo...
The world is on fire. West faces megafires, while East extreme heat. We’ve entered the Anthropocene, forecasted 8 decades ago. Firefighters are underfunded & understaffed; already lost three heroes. BigTech is the new BigOil, stealing water & energy through data/surveillance centers🇺🇸 Hart28.com
July 27, 2026 at 12:16 AM
The world is on fire. West faces megafires, while East extreme heat. We’ve entered the Anthropocene, forecasted 8 decades ago. Firefighters are underfunded & understaffed; already lost three heroes. BigTech is the new BigOil, stealing water & energy through data/surveillance centers🇺🇸 Hart28.com
Biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires.
In this massive collaboration, >100 Australian ecologists put a novel spin on meta-analysis to discover how fire frequency, interval, unburnt area, pre-fire drought and protected areas modify fire impacts.🌏
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In this massive collaboration, >100 Australian ecologists put a novel spin on meta-analysis to discover how fire frequency, interval, unburnt area, pre-fire drought and protected areas modify fire impacts.🌏
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires - Nature
Data collected from more than 2,000 taxa provide an unparalleled opportunity to quantify how extreme wildfires affect biodiversity, revealing that the largest effects on plants and animals were in are...
www.nature.com
November 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires.
In this massive collaboration, >100 Australian ecologists put a novel spin on meta-analysis to discover how fire frequency, interval, unburnt area, pre-fire drought and protected areas modify fire impacts.🌏
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In this massive collaboration, >100 Australian ecologists put a novel spin on meta-analysis to discover how fire frequency, interval, unburnt area, pre-fire drought and protected areas modify fire impacts.🌏
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is a story about frustration, about watching the West burn when you fully understand why it’s burning — and understand why it did not need to be this bad.
They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen? @lizweil.bsky.social (from 2020)
They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen? @lizweil.bsky.social (from 2020)
They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen?
This is a story about frustration, about watching the West burn when you fully understand why it’s burning — and understand why it did not need to be this bad.
www.propublica.org
January 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This is a story about frustration, about watching the West burn when you fully understand why it’s burning — and understand why it did not need to be this bad.
They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen? @lizweil.bsky.social (from 2020)
They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen? @lizweil.bsky.social (from 2020)
Trump is a puerile imbecile of course. This article by Tim Dickinson *from 10 years ago* discussed how climate change is creating the conditions for megafires and the prospect of a "Katrina by fire"
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
January 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Trump is a puerile imbecile of course. This article by Tim Dickinson *from 10 years ago* discussed how climate change is creating the conditions for megafires and the prospect of a "Katrina by fire"
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Australia adds 33 spiny crayfish species to threatened list after megafires
phys.org/news/2026-06...
phys.org/news/2026-06...
Australia adds 33 spiny crayfish species to threatened list after megafires
To the scientists and ecologists working to save them, Australia's Euastacus crayfish species are fascinating, living relics from a time long ago.
phys.org
June 11, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Australia adds 33 spiny crayfish species to threatened list after megafires
phys.org/news/2026-06...
phys.org/news/2026-06...
As we enter an era of megafires that are impossible to extinguish, here’s a gentle reminder that we can all do something.
July 29, 2026 at 1:49 PM
As we enter an era of megafires that are impossible to extinguish, here’s a gentle reminder that we can all do something.
Despite years of rain, Blue Mountains forests still haven’t recovered from the Black Summer megafires
theconversation.com/despite-year...
theconversation.com/despite-year...
Despite years of rain, Blue Mountains forests still haven’t recovered from the Black Summer megafires
Heavy rains after the Black Summer megafires drove rapid regrowth of plants. But these signs of recovery can hide the true story.
theconversation.com
September 2, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Despite years of rain, Blue Mountains forests still haven’t recovered from the Black Summer megafires
theconversation.com/despite-year...
theconversation.com/despite-year...
Did you know the 2019/2020 megafires in Aus emitted more carbon than the rest of the yearly total carbon emissions across the continent 😮 amazing talk by Rachael Nolan #ESAus2024
December 10, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Did you know the 2019/2020 megafires in Aus emitted more carbon than the rest of the yearly total carbon emissions across the continent 😮 amazing talk by Rachael Nolan #ESAus2024