Two 痳豆在线 professors have been honored by the Ecological Society of America for their knowledge and contributions to the field of ecology.
Tag: Brian Harvey
The 痳豆在线 has a long history of leading research into the impacts of wildfires from an ecological and health perspective. We worked with two experts to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, including the ways that the pandemic is increasing our community鈥檚 vulnerability to extreme wildfire events in the region.
A 痳豆在线 study, published this winter in Fire Ecology, takes a big-picture look at what climate change could mean for wildfires in the Northwest, considering Washington, Oregon, Idaho and western Montana.
More than聽99聽percent聽of聽wildfires in the last 40 years have聽been east of the Cascade Crest. But evidence聽that聽suggests聽Western Washington聽also has a history of large wildfires, each burning hundreds of thousands of acres.聽We聽might not be familiar with them,聽because聽most happened centuries ago.