December was warm with several temperature records broken across the Southeast region. Recent precipitation events have improved streamflows and reduced some of the drought severity across the region. A cold outbreak later this month could freeze some areas, but should not reach too far into Florida. This month’s topical presentation discussed hourly precipitation trends in the Southeast.
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Webinar Recording: Comparing Air Quality and Public Health Impacts from Prescribed Fire and Wildfire Smoke
SFE Webinar Recording: Exploring Spatial Scale in Prescribed Fire Regimes – Examples from the Southeast
The recording is now available for the SFE webinar on Exploring Spatial Scale in Prescribed Fire Regimes – Examples from the Southeast.
Continue ReadingFueling Collaboration Fire and Carbon Cycle Recording Now Available
A recording of last month’s discussion on Fire and the Carbon Cycle is now available on the Consortium of Appalachian Fire Managers & Scientist’s Youtube channel:https://youtu.be/woRzDl_wo6M
Videos and additional resources will be available on the fueling collaboration site soon!
And a reminder that today(Dec. 16, 12PM Eastern) Fueling Collaboration will host their 2nd discussion of the season on Fire and Timber Management in Mixed Woods. Zoom meeting info is below.
Topic: Fueling Collaboration – Fire and Timber Management in Mixed Woods
Time: Dec 16, 2021 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting: https://clemson.zoom.us/j/91369788160
Meeting ID: 913 6978 8160
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Webinar Recording: Natural and Prescribed Wildland Fire Impacts on Soil Health
Climate change is increasing the odds of higher occurrence rates, intensity, and severity of wildland fires in drought-prone regions. High intensity wildfires not only denude the landscape and lower the resistance of soils to surface erosion, but they also change the physical properties of soils, alter the soil microbiome, and extend the recovery timescales relative to lower intensity fires. Rain-on-burn events can magnify multiple negative impacts, such as poor water quality and debris flows. Wildland management is at a critical juncture, requiring new knowledge and innovative tools to best support the mitigation and prevention of fire-induced hazards. The Fall 2021 Meeting of the Board of Earth Sciences and Resources discussed the emerging frontiers in research and the outlook for implementing science-based tools to support equitable federal, state, and community responses to fire-induced hazards.
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