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News & Media: Stanford Wildfire Research

A brush fire burns on a hillside.
A solution for California’s wildfire safety deficit
August 7, 2023 | Stanford News Service
Michael Wara & colleagues find that low-income communities in Califonia face a "wildfire safety deficit" as a result of longstanding policies... Read More
Lightning-Caused Wildfires are 80 Percent More Likely Under Dry Vegetation
August 2, 2023 | EOS
Noah Diffenbaugh and Alexandra Konings write about increase of wildfires associated with extreme weather.
A prototype BurnBot RX1 remote-operated prescription burning machine is in operation during the California Central Coast Prescribed Fire Training Exchange burn in San Juan Bautista (San Benito County).
This is the robot that is scorching California’s fire-prone landscape
July 21, 2023 | San Francisco Chronicle
Chris Field discusses controlled burn options for California.
A helicopter bucketing a forest fire in British Columbia
Stanford Experts on Wildfires, Climate Change and Health Impacts | Media Coverage
July 12, 2023 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
As smoke from Canadian wildfires is polluting air across much of the northeastern US, Stanford wildfire experts have been quoted and interviewed in... Read More
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Advancing Climate-Smart Forestry Practices
July 11, 2023 | Stanford Law School
Implementing “climate-smart” forestry practices—such as expanding urban forests, integrating trees into pasture lands, and accelerating reforestation... Read More
The Moose fire pictured, here in southeastern Idaho in July 2022, sent smoke across southwest Montana.
Forest composition affects how wildfire plumes carry embers
July 6, 2023 | Billings Gazette
Jeff Koseff and colleagues create model to analyze wind impacts on wildfire.
Stanford Experts on Fire Insurance in California | Media Coverage
June 23, 2023 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Noah Diffenbaugh, Michael Wara, and more Stanford experts comment on recent insurance decisions surrounding wildfire in California.  June 23, 2023... Read More
Better predictions of wildfire spread may sit above the treetops
June 23, 2023 | Stanford Earth Matters
Understanding the physics of wind currents above forest canopies may help wildfire managers forecast the flight paths of dangerous burning embers, or... Read More
A man walks along a trail lined with clusters of wild mustard in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 8, 2023.
What California’s wet winter and cool spring mean for wildfire season
June 20, 2023 | The Hill
Chris Field reflects on 2023's wildfire season. 

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