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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02687-2 | DOI Listing |
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
September 2025
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States;
Background: Wildfires significantly affect air quality in the Western United States. Although prior research has linked wildfire smoke PM to respiratory health outcomes, these studies typically have limited geographic and temporal coverage, lacking evidence from multiple states over extended periods.
Methods: We obtained data on over 6 million emergency department (ED) visits for respiratory diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), upper respiratory infections (URI), and bronchitis, from five states in the Western US during 2007-2018.
Nat Commun
August 2025
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
The destructive impacts of wildfires on people, property and the environment have dramatically increased, especially in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) in California. In these areas structures are threatened by both approaching flames and lofted embers which spread fire into and within communities. While independent factors influencing structure fire protection are well known, their combined effects remain largely unquantified, limiting the accuracy of risk assessments and mitigation strategies.
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August 2025
Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment (ILFE), University of Novi Sad, Antona Čehova 13d, 21102 Novi Sad, Serbia.
The cessation of traditional mountain grazing has emerged as a principal driver of habitat degradation and the local extinction of (Linnaeus, 1758) in Serbia. While previous studies have cited multiple contributing factors, our research provides evidence that the abandonment of extensive livestock grazing has triggered vegetation succession, the disappearance of the larval host plant (), and a reduction in microhabitat heterogeneity-conditions essential for the persistence of this stenophagous butterfly species. Through satellite-based analysis of vegetation dynamics (2015-2024), we identified clear structural differences between habitats that currently support populations and those where the species is no longer present.
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August 2025
Research Institute for the Hydrogeologic Protection - National Research Council (CNR-IRPI), Via Madonna Alta 126, Perugia, 06128, Italy.
Wildfires are increasing in both magnitude and frequency because of climate change and anthropogenic factors. Fire-induced changes lead to a sudden increase in the movement of sediment, making it more likely for soil particles to reach channels. As wildfire frequency increases, we are learning more about related erosional and depositional phenomena, including thermal spalling.
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August 2025
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
The emergence of infectious diseases is often associated with changes to host-pathogen ecology, and wildfires are known to profoundly modify the ecology of terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Nevertheless, few studies have employed manipulative experiments to quantify the effects of fire on infections across parasite species. In a mark-recapture study, prescribed burns did not significantly affect the densities of Cuban tree frog (CTF; Osteopilus septentrionalis) definitive hosts.
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