Wildfires
- Submission status
- Open
- Submission deadline
Wildfires are uncontrolled fires that burn in wild and rural areas. Naturally occurring fires are vital for some forest, savannah, and grassland ecosystems. However, the frequency and intensity of wildfires has increased tremendously in recent decades due to climate change, land cover transformation, and other anthropogenic activities. These fires can become severe natural disasters, with immediate and long lasting negative consequences to human populations and the natural environment.
The Collection is dedicated to the latest research on wildfires, including understanding their origin and physical properties, evolutionary and ecological influence. We also welcome submissions on forecasting techniques, fire detection and suppression, as well as the short and long term implications for human populations.
Editors
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Michał Słowiński
Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
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Krishna Prasad Vadrevu
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, USA
Michał Słowiński is an Associate professor Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences. His current research uses paleoecology proxies to examine lead and lags ecosystem responses to sudden climate changes during the last glacial cycle. In his work, he uses ecological and paleoecological approaches to assess how extreme events affect lakes and wetlands ecosystems and tries to determine the resistance and threshold values of these ecosystems and how climate change, human activities, and extreme events (i.e., drought, fire, tornado, and flood) affects ecosystem these days and in the past. Dr Słowiński has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2022.
Krishna Prasad Vadrevu is a Remote Sensing Scientist at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Maryland College Park. He also serves as the Deputy Program Manager for the NASA Land Cover/Land Use Change (LCLUC) Program (www.lcluc.umd.edu). His research focuses on remote sensing of land use/cover changes, mapping, monitoring, drivers, and impact assessments of fires, land-atmospheric interactions, and ecosystem sustainability. In addition, he promotes the use of various Earth Observations and interdisciplinary approaches to address environmental issues and societal challenges. Dr Vadrevu has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2016.
