Center News and Events

CFRO news:

• "Study faults federal wildfire effort" - (6/8/09) with Scott Stephens (AP)
• "California prepares for the next burn" - (6/1/09) with Steve Quarles and Max Moritz (High Country News)
• "Final vouchers go to some in Tahoe wildfire area" - (5/29/09) with Susie Kocher (Sac Bee)
• "California Wildfire Threatens Homes of 26,000 People" - (5/7/09) with Max Moritz (Bloomberg Press)
• "Fire in the Earth System" - a new Science paper co-authored by large group including Max Moritz and Meg Krawchuk - (04/24/09)
  • "Fire Influences Global Warming More Than Previously Thought " - (5/4/09) (US News and World Report)
  • "Wildfires fuel climate change" - (4/24/09) (Scientific American)
  • "Wildfires add to the speed of global warming" - (4/24/09) (San Francisco Chronicle)
  • "Fires make climate change worse" - (4/24/09) (Reuters)
  • "Fires fueling global warming" - (4/24/09) (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  • "Sierra, West in wildfire bullseye" - (4/24/09) (Reno Gazette Journal)
  • "Study says fires are a big part of climate shift" - (4/24/09) (Arizona Republic)
• New Spring 2009 Center for Fire Research and Outreach Newsletter with lead article on forests, fire, and carbon and the role of hazardous fuels reduction in avoiding catastrophic fire (04/09)
• "Global Pyrogeography: the Current and Future Distribution of Wildfire" - a new PLoS ONE paper by Center post-doc Meg Krawchuk and others - (04/08/09)
  • "Some Surprises in Fire-Climate Connection" - (4/14/09) (KQED's ClimateWatch)
  • "Will Climate Change Whip Up Global Wildfires?" - (4/10/09) (ScienceNOW)
  • "Climate change may alter wildfire patterns" - (4/09/09) (UPI)
  • "Bushfire imaging to determine global warming risks" - (4/09/09) (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - audio also available
  • "Study predicts climate change will alter global wildfire patterns" - (4/08/09) (ClimateWire)
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