I had the chance to speak with the LA Times about how extreme fire weather is outpacing efforts to make communities more resistant, leading to higher rates of home destruction: ca.news.yahoo.com/percentage-h...

The percentage of homes surviving California wildfires is dropping, despite efforts to harden them

At the turn of the century, wildfires destroyed only about 3% of the California homes they came into contact with. By 2020, the rate had risen to 18%, a new study found.

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5280.com/colorado-res... This is a nice wholesome story, but science may be about to get weird

The MILFS (Marmots I’d Like to Fund) on “OnlyMarms” Are Colorado’s Best News This Week

With federal cuts threatening to shut decadeslong studies down, marmot researchers in Crested Butte are getting...frisky.

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Holy smokes! An incredible start to the 'Wildfire Season' in the US this year - owing to an abnormally hot and snowless winter in some parts of the country.

Wildfires are destroying more buildings than in the past because of increased development in the wildland–urban interface. But fires in the coterminous United States were also more destructive in the 2013–2022 period than from 2002–2012. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/HRk650XMxNC

🔥🔥🔥 I'm excited to share our new paper, the result of a year-long effort to map destroyed and surviving buildings in destructive wildfires across the U.S. since 2002. Key finding: Wildfires are destroying higher percentages of exposed buildings than in the past 🔥🔥🔥 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

If you live near Fort Collins and are affected by furloughs or loss of SNAP benefits, my friend Nick at Friendly Nick's Butcher is giving away free meat and egg packages to help. Just show up with your federal ID or EBT card. www.facebook.com/share/p/17NQ...

Of course many federal workers can just “find another job”. But the point is that the jobs we do are done for the *public good*. There are no private sector corollaries. We do things that are largely not profitable and that is on purpose. We do work that benefits everyone, if sometimes indirectly.

Whew, been a busy weekend, happy to get this quick episode out to explain how these federal cuts will impact fire response this summer. Give it a listen at the link.

Murphy Woodhouse@murphywoodhouse.bsky.social · 2y ago

Think the limitations to non-fire positions means these public lands firings won’t affect fire operations? Think again. Listen to/folo @amonthei.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

It was only a matter of time. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

California Insurer of Last Resort Went Bust. It Won’t Be Alone.

Too many homes nationwide lack adequate protection from the growing risk of natural disasters.

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New paper! Burn probability models are important tools for assessing 🔥 risk and determining where to prioritize mitigation, but how well do they capture real-world burned areas? Read to find out: www.publish.csiro.au/WF/WF23196

Evaluating a simulation-based wildfire burn probability map for the conterminous US

Background Wildfire simulation models are used to derive maps of burn probability (BP) based on fuels, weather, topography and ignition locations, and BP maps are key components of wildfire risk asses...

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Five busy days of conferencing, then speed-running the National Mall before the flight to decompress. So long #AGU24! I got to hear some fantastic science and catch up with old lab mates!

At AGU? Check out my presentation starting in 40 minutes! agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/me...

If you're heading to #AGU2024 and interested in wildfire in the WUI, I will be presenting Monday afternoon on patterns and trends in building destruction! We mapped every building exposed to the most destructive fires since 2000. It was a lot of clicking, so I hope you find it interesting.

Setting up shop here

juli g pausas@jgpausas.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here is the current Fire BlueSky landscape Fire starter packs: Fire ecology: bsky.app/starter-pack... Wildfire experts: bsky.app/starter-pack... Feeds: Disasters: Fire bsky.app/profile/did:... Wildfires (fire science): bsky.app/profile/davi... 🧪🌍🌳🔥🌿