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oceanhelen.bsky.social
SahulCHAR a paleo fire database for Aus/PNG/Nz is now published. @ausquaternary.bsky.social
The SahulCHAR collection: a palaeofire database for Australia, New Guinea, and New Zealand
Abstract. Recent global fire activity has highlighted the importance of understanding fire dynamics across time and space, with records of past fire (palaeofire) providing valuable insights to inform ...
essd.copernicus.org
June 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
rglueckler.bsky.social
What happens if you lock #paleofire researchers and fire #managers in a room for 3 days and have them discuss synergies? While no one was actually locked in, this recent workshop at @csicaragon.bsky.social highlighted why such #transdisciplinary exchanges matter: palaeopen.github.io/outreach/mee...
How can palaeofire research have the most beneficial impact for fire management policy and practice? – PalaeOpen
A PalaeOpen workshop brought researchers and practitioners together to identify how long-term fire records can better support fire management and policy.
palaeopen.github.io
June 30, 2026 at 3:44 PM
bluerehn.bsky.social
New paper for the palaeofire fans!

Presenting the SahulCHAR collection, containing 687 sedimentary charcoal records from across Australia, New Guinea, and New Zealand 🔥

Read it open access: doi.org/10.5194/essd...

This is the product of my final postdoc - thanks to all who contributed their data!
A graphical abstract for the OCTOPUS SahulCHAR collection showing a map of Australia, New Guinea, and New Zealand with red dots for data points. Text on the right of the image presents key statistics: 425 locations, 531 cores, 687 char records, 23 contributors
June 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
ecologypast.bsky.social
Two "fire history" students graduate with BSc Future Planet Studies from the University of Amsterdam. Whist undertaking their thesis projects they both made valuable contributions to understanding fire in the past #fire #charcoal #palaeoecology #paleoecology #BSc #palaeofire #paleofire
Fire past in Future Planet Studies
On Wednesday 24 September 2026 the graduation ceremony for the BSc Future Planet Studies at the University of Amsterdam saw two students who had completed palaeoecology projects. Lieve Lijmer worked with Crystal McMichael on a project entitled “Reconstructing the fire history from an ecotourisum lodge with conservation land in northwestern Amazonia”, while Guus Dunglemann work with William Gosling on…
ecologyofthepast.info
October 7, 2026 at 7:52 AM
bluerehn.bsky.social
Hi, I'm Emma, an Aussie artist, archaeologist & palaeofire scientist (= ancient bushfires)! I enjoy creating art in many media but particularly like drawing cartoons to make scientific research accessible & fun

Instagram: https://instagram.com/bluerehn
Portfolio: https://bluerehn.wordpress.com
A cartoon of a brown and white Border Collie dog digging in dirt (left) alongside a woman in a high-vis shirt digging in the dirt with a trowel and bucket (right) A cartoon infographic showing the cross-section of a pot (top left), a fire built up from tall sticks containing rounded pots and surrounded by rocks with text underneath that reads "Open fires can produce uneven firing" (bottom left), and three cross-section segments of pottery showing a dark brown unfired segment (top right), an evenly fired segment that is orange throughout with equal heat waves across it (middle right) and an unevenly fired segment with a central dark brown (unfired) core and orange around the edges (bottom right) A digital illustration with white lines on a black background of three pint glasses arranged left to right, each containing a frog and multiple objects. The left glass shows the underside of a frog inside the glass, a satellite, a notepad, a circuit board attached to three devices, and a cochlear implant. The middle glass contains a frog at the top resting on the rim, reeds, a pliosaur, a strand of DNA, a curved fish trap made of rocks, and crystals. The right glass contains a striped frog leaping into it with a splash, a Stentrode electrode array, a brain, an orbital engine, and a Living Seawalls segment made up of patterned hexagons A digital illustration of a skull (facing right) and upper spine, showing the branching paths of the external carotid artery extending up from the clavicle and spreading across the jaw and skull (shown in red)
July 30, 2023 at 9:44 AM
bluerehn.bsky.social
While it may be too early for the holidays, I'm bringing back my 2021 festive tree this #CharcoalTuesday as I'm celebrating my own Charcoal Christmas 🔥

I'm entering the last influx of charcoal record contributions to finalise version 1 of the SahulCHAR (palaeofire) database!
An animated GIF of a Christmas tree shape made up of charcoal particles of various shapes and structures, each gently jiggling in place. The charcoal particles are black, and the background is white
October 3, 2023 at 2:45 AM