Kate Fuller
@katejfuller.bsky.social
Wildfire Modeler at First Street
Views are my own and do not reflect the views of my employer
Views are my own and do not reflect the views of my employer
The latest work by @shivakhanal.bsky.social on carbon-dense forests in the Himalayas. Fascinating work!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The latest work by @shivakhanal.bsky.social on carbon-dense forests in the Himalayas. Fascinating work!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Oh hey, I published a paper! Get it free the next 45 days
The study used lab methods to show how post-fire crown scorch can change based on species, season, and age of foliage- work that can be used to improve tree mortality outcomes following prescribed fire.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The study used lab methods to show how post-fire crown scorch can change based on species, season, and age of foliage- work that can be used to improve tree mortality outcomes following prescribed fire.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A cellular necrosis process model for estimating conifer crown scorch
Fire-caused tree mortality has major impacts on forest ecosystems. One primary cause of post-fire tree mortality in non-resprouting species is crown s…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Oh hey, I published a paper! Get it free the next 45 days
The study used lab methods to show how post-fire crown scorch can change based on species, season, and age of foliage- work that can be used to improve tree mortality outcomes following prescribed fire.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The study used lab methods to show how post-fire crown scorch can change based on species, season, and age of foliage- work that can be used to improve tree mortality outcomes following prescribed fire.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Screwworm control is one of those really famous stories you learn about in undergrad biology. It was one of the most successful biological control initiatives ever undertaken in human history. Hopefully we can do it again.
www.texastribune.org/2025/05/21/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/05/21/t...
Texas braces for an imminent screwworm infestation, a threat to the state’s cattle industry
U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz hope to fund an operation to kill the parasitic fly before too much damage is done.
www.texastribune.org
May 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Screwworm control is one of those really famous stories you learn about in undergrad biology. It was one of the most successful biological control initiatives ever undertaken in human history. Hopefully we can do it again.
www.texastribune.org/2025/05/21/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/05/21/t...
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Why do fire scars form more on the leeward or uphill sides of trees? For #firescarfriday here's a little time lapse video showing the increased residence time of flame, and thus increased heating and potential cambial injury, in the eddy of air in the lee of this long leaf pine. Florida, USA, 2025.
May 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Why do fire scars form more on the leeward or uphill sides of trees? For #firescarfriday here's a little time lapse video showing the increased residence time of flame, and thus increased heating and potential cambial injury, in the eddy of air in the lee of this long leaf pine. Florida, USA, 2025.
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📚🔥🛰️ I am proud to announce that my two companion articles using #Landsat data and #RemoteSensing methods to quantify fractional herbaceous cover in #wildfire-prone Mediterranean-type ecosystems are now published in the International Journal of Remote Sensing.
May 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
📚🔥🛰️ I am proud to announce that my two companion articles using #Landsat data and #RemoteSensing methods to quantify fractional herbaceous cover in #wildfire-prone Mediterranean-type ecosystems are now published in the International Journal of Remote Sensing.
This isn't new but wow. Incredible paper. I mean look at this figure
sites.ualberta.ca/~flanniga/pu...
#wildfire #forestecol
sites.ualberta.ca/~flanniga/pu...
#wildfire #forestecol
March 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This isn't new but wow. Incredible paper. I mean look at this figure
sites.ualberta.ca/~flanniga/pu...
#wildfire #forestecol
sites.ualberta.ca/~flanniga/pu...
#wildfire #forestecol
I'm looking for an aridity map or model that accounts for south- versus north-facing slope aspect. Or some source regarding how slope aspect affects vegetation structure at the landscape scale. Suggestions?
#gischat #wildfire #forestecol #ecology #microclimate #macroecology 🌐 🌎
#gischat #wildfire #forestecol #ecology #microclimate #macroecology 🌐 🌎
March 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I'm looking for an aridity map or model that accounts for south- versus north-facing slope aspect. Or some source regarding how slope aspect affects vegetation structure at the landscape scale. Suggestions?
#gischat #wildfire #forestecol #ecology #microclimate #macroecology 🌐 🌎
#gischat #wildfire #forestecol #ecology #microclimate #macroecology 🌐 🌎
Took a while, but I finally did it
January 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Took a while, but I finally did it
Great interview about the LA fires with links to some neat stats and maps: scripps.ucsd.edu/news/califor...
California Wildfire Analysis from Scripps Oceanography Climate Experts
What is causing these high winds? Sasha Gershunov (Climate Science Researcher): High pressure in the Great Basin and low pressure over northern Baja California, plus a very strong jet stream roaring s...
scripps.ucsd.edu
January 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Great interview about the LA fires with links to some neat stats and maps: scripps.ucsd.edu/news/califor...
Reposted by Kate Fuller
Here's the reality about the #LAFires this week: this isn't the first time ANY of these places have burned. Not even close. In 2018, we mapped CA fire history to look at fire frequency across SoCal. Santa Monica Mtns area burns more than anywhere else -- up to once per decade in a given spot. 🧵
January 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Here's the reality about the #LAFires this week: this isn't the first time ANY of these places have burned. Not even close. In 2018, we mapped CA fire history to look at fire frequency across SoCal. Santa Monica Mtns area burns more than anywhere else -- up to once per decade in a given spot. 🧵
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Congratulations to Weiwei Wang (early career researcher) on her paper in Science out today - 'Canadian forests are more conducive to high-severity fires in recent decades' largely due to increases in fuel aridity.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Canadian forests are more conducive to high-severity fires in recent decades
Canada has experienced more-intense and longer fire seasons with more-frequent uncontrollable wildfires over the past decades. However, the effect of these changes remains unknown. This study identifi...
www.science.org
January 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Congratulations to Weiwei Wang (early career researcher) on her paper in Science out today - 'Canadian forests are more conducive to high-severity fires in recent decades' largely due to increases in fuel aridity.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Recovery Following Recurrent Fires Across
Mediterranean Ecosystems
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Mediterranean Ecosystems
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Recovery Following Recurrent Fires Across Mediterranean Ecosystems
Mediterranean ecosystems worldwide are frequently affected by fires. Focusing on areas that burned two times over the past 22 years, we study the post-fire dynamics, applying a statistical model to t...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 30, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Recovery Following Recurrent Fires Across
Mediterranean Ecosystems
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Mediterranean Ecosystems
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Open MS/PhD & postdoctoral researcher positions:
December 29, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Open MS/PhD & postdoctoral researcher positions:
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As the new year approaches, the already remarkable season-to-date "precipitation dipole" in California has further intensified. Much of SoCal has still not received meaningful rain this season, while NorCal continues to get soaked on a recurring basis. #CAwx #CAwater #CAfire
December 27, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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Coast live oaks showing off their pretty scars ... #firescarfriday 🌎🔥🍁🌳
December 27, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Coast live oaks showing off their pretty scars ... #firescarfriday 🌎🔥🍁🌳
Just learned that Acer negundo (boxelder) is called Manitoba maple in Canada and I think that’s wholesome as heck
December 16, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Just learned that Acer negundo (boxelder) is called Manitoba maple in Canada and I think that’s wholesome as heck
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New paper by Alina Cansler and colleagues:
"Drought before fire increases tree mortality after fire".
I ❤️ results-oriented titles!
#Wildfire 🔥🌏🧪
"Drought before fire increases tree mortality after fire".
I ❤️ results-oriented titles!
#Wildfire 🔥🌏🧪
Drought before fire increases tree mortality after fire
Fire and drought are expected to increase in frequency and severity in temperate forests due to climate change. To evaluate whether drought increases the likelihood of post-fire tree mortality, we us...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:45 PM
New paper by Alina Cansler and colleagues:
"Drought before fire increases tree mortality after fire".
I ❤️ results-oriented titles!
#Wildfire 🔥🌏🧪
"Drought before fire increases tree mortality after fire".
I ❤️ results-oriented titles!
#Wildfire 🔥🌏🧪
This week's seminar at the Missoula Fire Lab will be:
"The Fire Weather Alert System: A new fire weather warning system for on-the-ground firefighters"
Link in comments.
#fire #firescience #gis
"The Fire Weather Alert System: A new fire weather warning system for on-the-ground firefighters"
Link in comments.
#fire #firescience #gis
February 5, 2024 at 5:36 PM
This week's seminar at the Missoula Fire Lab will be:
"The Fire Weather Alert System: A new fire weather warning system for on-the-ground firefighters"
Link in comments.
#fire #firescience #gis
"The Fire Weather Alert System: A new fire weather warning system for on-the-ground firefighters"
Link in comments.
#fire #firescience #gis
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Trees store vast amounts of starch. As the weather warms, starch is hydrolyzed to sugar, creating osmotic potential that draws soil water into the stem, creating pressure. This pressure fills vessels that have embolized in winter. Sugar is now available for growth. And syrup! It's a grand show. 🧪🌏
January 28, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Trees store vast amounts of starch. As the weather warms, starch is hydrolyzed to sugar, creating osmotic potential that draws soil water into the stem, creating pressure. This pressure fills vessels that have embolized in winter. Sugar is now available for growth. And syrup! It's a grand show. 🧪🌏
The Missoula Fire Lab is hosting 1h seminars on tools and resources for fire managers every Thursday in February starting 11am MST. Link in comments.
First seminar Feb 1st: "FastFuels and QUIC-Fire: 3D fuel and fire modeling systems supporting prescribed fire" by Russ Parsons
#rspatial
First seminar Feb 1st: "FastFuels and QUIC-Fire: 3D fuel and fire modeling systems supporting prescribed fire" by Russ Parsons
#rspatial
January 26, 2024 at 4:42 PM
The Missoula Fire Lab is hosting 1h seminars on tools and resources for fire managers every Thursday in February starting 11am MST. Link in comments.
First seminar Feb 1st: "FastFuels and QUIC-Fire: 3D fuel and fire modeling systems supporting prescribed fire" by Russ Parsons
#rspatial
First seminar Feb 1st: "FastFuels and QUIC-Fire: 3D fuel and fire modeling systems supporting prescribed fire" by Russ Parsons
#rspatial
January 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Here's another great one in case you missed it: "Pyrogeography in flux: Reorganization of Australian fire regimes in a hotter world"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
January 16, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Here's another great one in case you missed it: "Pyrogeography in flux: Reorganization of Australian fire regimes in a hotter world"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Check out this really interesting work by my colleague Shiva Khanal, in which he examines high-elevation Himalayan forests with some of the densest biomass in the world.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Disentangling contributions of allometry, species composition and structure to high aboveground biom...
The high elevation forests of the Central Himalayas include stands with an exceptional abundance of aboveground biomass, standing as some of the most …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 16, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Check out this really interesting work by my colleague Shiva Khanal, in which he examines high-elevation Himalayan forests with some of the densest biomass in the world.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...