Building water resilience in the face of cascading wildfire risks

MF Belongia, C Hammond Wagner, KQ Seipp… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Severe wildfire is altering the natural and the built environment and posing risks to
environmental and societal health and well-being, including cascading impacts to water …

Post-wildfire hydrologic recovery in Mediterranean climates: A systematic review and case study to identify current knowledge and opportunities

JW Wagenbrenner, BA Ebel, KD Bladon… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Post-fire hydrologic research typically focuses on the first few years after a wildfire, leading
to substantial uncertainty regarding the longevity of impacts. The time needed for hydrologic …

Scientists' warning on extreme wildfire risks to water supply

FN Robinne, DW Hallema, KD Bladon… - Hydrological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 2020 is the year of wildfire records. California experienced its three largest fires
early in its fire season. The Pantanal, the largest wetland on the planet, burned over 20% of …

Wildfire impacts on hydrologic ecosystem services in North American high-latitude forests: A scoping review

FN Robinne, DW Hallema, KD Bladon, JM Buttle - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
High-latitude forests of North America are characterized by their natural dependence on
large and severe wildfires. However, these wildfires also pose a range of social, economic …

Rethinking the interplay between affluence and vulnerability to aid climate change adaptive capacity

C Eriksen, GL Simon, F Roth, SJ Lakhina, B Wisner… - Climatic Change, 2020 - Springer
Affluence and vulnerability are often seen as opposite sides of a coin—with affluence
generally understood as reducing forms of vulnerability through increased resilience and …

Forest fire effects on stream water quality at continental scales: a meta-analysis

TB Hampton, S Lin, NB Basu - Environmental Research Letters, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Forested watersheds supply over two thirds of the world's drinking water. The last decade
has seen an increase in the frequency and intensity of wildfires that is threatening these …

A spatial evaluation of global wildfire-water risks to human and natural systems

FN Robinne, KD Bladon, C Miller, MA Parisien… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
The large mediatic coverage of recent massive wildfires across the world has emphasized
the vulnerability of freshwater resources. The extensive hydrogeomorphic effects from a …

Quantifying the effects of wildfire on changes in soil properties by surface burning of soils from the Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory

C Wieting, BA Ebel, K Singha - Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2017 - Elsevier
Study region This study used intact soil cores collected at the Boulder Creek Critical Zone
Observatory near Boulder, Colorado, USA to explore fire impacts on soil properties. Study …

Reframing the challenge of global wildfire threats to water supplies

DW Hallema, FN Robinne, KD Bladon - Earth's Future, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The timing, extent, and severity of forest wildfires have increased in many parts of the world
in recent decades. These wildfires can have substantial and devastating impacts on water …

Increasing exposure of energy infrastructure to compound hazards: cascading wildfires and extreme rainfall

H Moftakhari, A AghaKouchak - Environmental Research Letters, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Floods and debris flows pose a significant threat, especially when extreme rain falls over
burned areas. This is an example of a compound event in which two concurrent or …