Artificial intelligence has been applied in wildfire science and management since the 1990s,
with early applications including neural networks and expert systems. Since then, the field …

Wildfires threaten and kill people, destroy urban and rural property, degrade air quality,
ravage forest ecosystems, and contribute to global warming. Wildfire management decision …

Forest ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin are mostly situated in the north of the Basin
(mesic). In the most southern and dry areas, the forest can only exist where topography …

Fire is among the most dangerous and devastating natural hazards in forest ecosystems
around the world. The development of computational ensemble models for improving the …

Wildland fires dramatically affect forest ecosystems, altering the loss of their biodiversity and
their sustainability. In addition, they have a strong impact on the global carbon balance and …

Characterizing the fire regime in regions prone to extreme wildfire behavior is essential for
providing comprehensive insights on potential ecosystem response to fire disturbance in the …

There is a broad consensus in the academic and policy communities over the need to shift
the focus from fire suppression to fire prevention. To inform policies that effectively promote …

Eucalypts, especially blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus), have been extensively planted in
Portugal and nowadays dominate most of its forest landscapes. Large-scale forestation …

Evapotranspiration (ET) is a parameter of major importance participating in both
hydrological cycle and surface energy balance. Trends of ET are discussed along with the …

The large environmental and socioeconomic impacts of wildfires in Southern Europe require
the development of efficient generalizable tools for fire danger analysis and proactive …