Designed to help students understand the multiple levels at which human populations
respond to their surroundings, this essential text offers the most complete discussion of …

The important role of fire in regulating vegetation community composition and contributions
to emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols make it a critical component of dynamic …

Biomass burning in the Brazilian Amazon is modulated by climate factors, such as droughts,
and by human factors, such as deforestation, and land management activities. The increase …

This work presents the dynamics of fire occurrences, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions,
forest clearing, and degradation in the Brazilian Amazon during the period 2006–2019 …

Vast and disastrous fires occurred on Borneo during the 2015 dry season, pushing
Indonesia into the top five carbon emitting countries. The region was affected by a very …

Mercury stored in forests can be volatilized to the atmosphere during fires. Many factors
influence this process such as mercury concentration, vegetation loading and the soil …

Deforestation and forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon are a regional-scale anthropogenic
process related to biomass burning, which has a direct impact on global warming due to …

Wildfire has been recognized as one of the most ubiquitous disturbance agents to impact on
natural environments. In this study, our main objective was to propose a modeling approach …

The Yucatán Peninsula has experienced increasingly frequent wildfire activity associated
with drought and forest clearing during the last two decades. Moderate Resolution Imaging …

Particle size distribution from forest biomass combustion is an important parameter as it
affects air quality, global climate and human health. There have been several studies that …