January 31, 2019
…this suggests a later wildfire season in the future and a possibility for longer-burning wildfires. Climate scientists Janin Guzman-Morales and Alexander Gershunov report in the journal Geophysical Research Letters that Santa Ana winds are becoming less frequent as high pressure systems over the Great Basin weakenover the 21st century. The…
March 31, 2016
…responders in detection of wildfire ignition and development A new technology may give firefighters the upper hand in the battle against wildfires. A network of mountaintop cameras operated by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography offers a new opportunity for early detection of fire hazards in some of the most…
August 11, 2022
…Extremes Patterns associated with wildfires increasing in frequency; those linked to “normal” rainfall decreasing Chaparral Fire in 2021.Photo credit: JeffHall / Cal Fire. A team led by Kristen Guirguis, a climate researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, found evidence that the risk of hazardous weather is…
November 19, 2014
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has achieved a hat trick in garnering three awards for its university-wide WIFIRE project as part of the annual HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards presented at the 2014 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage…
June 30, 2021
Experts at UC San Diego are available to discuss wildfires, drought, and California climate across an array of topics, including climate science, technology, public health, and economics and policy.
February 2, 2024
New study finds increased hospitalizations when people are exposed to both wildfire smoke and excessive heat with the risks increased in neighborhoods with more people of color, lower incomes and less access to health insurance.
November 6, 2024
People experiencing homelessness are significantly more susceptible to the health impacts of wildfire smoke compared to those with homes, according to a new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
July 29, 2014
…number and scale of wildfires in the U.S. has risen, threatening cities and forests, and at times forcing large-scale evacuations. Now, thanks to a multi-year, $2.65 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the University of California San Diego, and the University of Maryland have been building a cyberinfrastructure…
December 12, 2023
Researchers have shown that the effects of wildfires are not limited to terrestrial ecosystems. Aquatic ecosystems are also undergoing rapid changes. The study found that fire debris transforms lakes and other aquatic ecosystems, with implications for fisheries and water quality.
August 22, 2023
Researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center have developed new deep learning models to continue improving efforts for early wildfire detection. These efforts at SDSC are led by the WIFIRE Lab, which is an all-hazards knowledge cyberinfrastructure developed as a management layer for data…
