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Fire Effects
Fire & Climate
Climate change is projected to exacerbate the intensity of heat-waves and drought, leading to greater incidences of large and high-intensity wildfires in forested ecosystems. While commonly-used remotely-sensed spectral assessments can provide useful information about the areal extent of fires and resultant changes in vegetation cover, current assessments provide little to no direct information regarding burn severity, including the physiological status of trees or other vegetation after fires. This limits our collective understanding of fire effects on ecosystems and the effectiveness of land management methods.
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