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andreaduane.bsky.social @andreaduane.bsky.social · Aug 21

Lots of learning, exchange and networking about FireSat capabilities for ecosystem impact monitoring at EDF headquarters

andreaduane.bsky.social @andreaduane.bsky.social · Aug 19

In Spain, several pyroCb events have triggered the largest wildfires ever recorded in the country. We talk about it in the media ⬇️

www.eldiario.es/sociedad/ver...

Verano catastrófico: 2025 es ya el peor año de incendios del siglo XXI y registra los fuegos más voraces de la historia

Los datos provisionales indican que los fuegos de Zamora-León y Ourense son los mayores del registro y revelan un hecho crucial: los 52 grandes incendios han quemado de media 7.000 hectáreas, 3.000 má...

www.eldiario.es

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andreaduane.bsky.social @andreaduane.bsky.social · Aug 15

The Gifford fire in California has already burned 53,500 hectares and it is only 61% contained. There are 13 active fires burning more than 72,500. And this is not a "bad" year

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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · Aug 15

🔴⚠️🔥🇪🇸🇵🇹🌡Alarming conditions for several #wildfires affecting Spain and Portugal since days.The latest meteosat-12 📸 in early August 15 shows a giant smoke plume flying over France as well as violent fires in the iberian peninsula. #climateemergency

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andreaduane.bsky.social @andreaduane.bsky.social · Aug 14

He podido conversar con Clemente Alvarez de El Pais sobre como los incendios moldeaban el paisaje en California antes de la llegada de los Europeos, y como ahora las quemas prescritas pueden ayudar a gestionar el territorio

elpais.com/clima-y-medi...

El calor extremo, uno de los ingredientes clave del “cóctel molotov” que dispara los incendios

La acumulación de días seguidos con temperaturas muy altas en la mayor parte del país influye en la proliferación de fuegos simultáneos, lo que a su vez complica la extinción

elpais.com

andreaduane.bsky.social @andreaduane.bsky.social · Aug 14

Aunque haya llovido mucho en la Peninsula en los ultimos meses, en la zona de Ourense, Leon y Zamora han vivido un año seco en respecto a los registros historicos

andreaduane.bsky.social @andreaduane.bsky.social · Aug 13

La gran nubosidad es un indicio de la posibilidad de piro-convección en los incendios, como ya ocurrió el lunes y martes en el incendio de Molezuelas de la Carballeda con las cimas de los Pyrocumulonimbus alcanzando -40ºC y -50ºC

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andreaduane.bsky.social @andreaduane.bsky.social · Aug 13

Secuencia del satelite Meteosat el 13 de agosto de 2025 entre 11:00 de la mañana y 17:00 de la tarde hora local en España. Se aprecia la gran actividad de incendios en Portugal, Ourense, Zamora y en las últimas horas en Valencia.

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Ignacio Villaverde @wildlandfirefig.bsky.social · Aug 13

El incendio de Molezuelas de la Carballeda en Zamora tiene una estimación de entre 30K y 35K hectáreas afectadas y está a punto de ser el incendio más grande conocido en España desde que hay registros.
Info vía
‪@eforestal.forestry.es‬

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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · Aug 11

🔴⚠️🔥♨️ The current #heatwave in iberic peninsula fuels #wildfires to both in Spain and Portugal. The latest #Sentinel3 view + FRP of 11 August late morning clearly shows multiple hotspots especially in Galicia CastillaYLeon IRTrancoso #climateemergency

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andreaduane.bsky.social @andreaduane.bsky.social · Jul 28

Happy after some days of high-altitude field sampling in Yosemite with my great colleagues from the Safford Lab😍

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Jul 24

Come work with us! We are looking to fill a PhD (mountain forest management) and PostDoc position (forest adaptive capacity, w/ @juditlecinadiaz.bsky.social). We'd be happy to have you as part of our dynamic team!

PhD: www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...

PostDoc: www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Jul 24

Flash floods are surging across the country this summer with more than 3,600 warnings issued already in 2025.

Experts say the main causes are:
* Record-high humidity
* A slow-moving jet stream
* Rising ocean temperatures
theconversation.com/why-2025-bec... #climatesky #flashflood

Why 2025 became the summer of flash flooding in America

Large parts of the central and eastern U.S. have seen at least 50% more precipitation than normal. An atmospheric scientist explains why and what creates flash flood weather.

theconversation.com

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Mike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · Jul 11

The area burned in the Canadian 2025 fire season has hit 5 million ha. Third active fire season in a row that combined has burned 7% of the Canadian forest. Currently we have 346 fires out of control (192 monitored out of control (OC) and 154 OC that are being actioned) so expect the number to rise.

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andreaduane.bsky.social @andreaduane.bsky.social · Jul 11

Hiring: Professor of Wildland Urban Interface Fire Science at CalPoly, CA

jobs.calpoly.edu/en-us/job/54...

Cal Poly - Details - Assistant/Associate Professor of Wildland Urban Interface Fire Science

jobs.calpoly.edu

andreaduane.bsky.social @andreaduane.bsky.social · Jun 26

The new Journal of Pyrogeography has launched this week

www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...

Journal of Pyrogeography | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest articles of Journal of Pyrogeography at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

www.sciencedirect.com

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andreaduane.bsky.social @andreaduane.bsky.social · Jun 25

And have a look at the nice regeneration of Ponderosa Pine out there, 11 months after fire

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andreaduane.bsky.social @andreaduane.bsky.social · Jun 24

The 2024 Park Fire was the fourth largest wildfire on record in California and burned through forests that also burned in the 1990 Campbell Fire. The image shows the Iron Mountain area.

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andreaduane.bsky.social @andreaduane.bsky.social · Jun 24

In historically frequent-fire forests of the Sierra Nevada (California), low- and moderate-severity ("beneficial") fire treated ~17% more area than all other treatments combined. Given limited resources, this is a crucial aspect of future planning

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Leveraging wildfire to augment forest management and amplify forest resilience

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Mike Flannigan @mikeflannigan.bsky.social · May 30

Area burned over 1 million hectares in Canada and increasing. Second only to the 2023 in terms of area burned for this time of year. @ciffc.bsky.social
ciffc.ca

cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/maps/fm3?typ...

Graph showing area burned in Canada by day of the year

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andreaduane.bsky.social @andreaduane.bsky.social · May 2

I’m honored to be the recipient of the Postdoctoral Excellence Award 2025 from UC Davis. A recognition of my contributions to research, mentoring and outreach during my career and my time as a postdoc at UC Davis. I'm grateful to the incredible team around me who helped make this possible. Thanks!

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andreaduane.bsky.social @andreaduane.bsky.social · Apr 3

Un gusto poder trabajar junto a Paco Lloret, una gran mente de la ecología y una gran persona.

De como el fuego pasó de herramienta a amenaza, y sobre sus efectos en las personas y la biodiversidad ➡️

lab.cccb.org/es/la-intera...

La interacción entre los humanos y el fuego en un mundo cambiante | CCCB LAB

Hay que repensar nuestra relación con el fuego y fomentar sistemas que permitan incendios más beneficiosos que perjudiciales.

lab.cccb.org

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Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social · Mar 9

Fire ecology database for documenting plant responses to fire events in Australia

by José Rafael Ferrer-Paris, Ada Sánchez-Mercado, David Keith @willcornwell.bsky.social @markooiecol.bsky.social et al.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...