Tree-ring scientist, forest ecologist, forest fires, climate and human interactions. Regents Professor Emeritus Univ AZ; home in New Mexico.
Tom Swetnam
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Nothing to see here; just the division that funds (or not) all of us in the environmental sciences, including atmosphere, ocean, ice, Earth, climate, hydrology, whatever.
Nearly 30,000 wildfires have ignited in the US so far this year, the most in nearly two decades. Here's what to expect heading into summer: https://cnn.it/4e3jGPC
but we gotta turn over public lands to private interests because they’re bEtTeR aT mAnAgEmEnT, right?
Prescribed burns and biomass removal saves $3.73 in economic damage for every dollar spent.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This move is so incredibly dumb, and ultimately so destructive to our understanding of extreme weather and of climate change, that it could only have come from the Trump administration. Truly dangerous idiocy. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/c...
(2/2) (from chapter 8, “At the Foot of Wâavêmâ
Hemish Fire Management in Northern New Mexico,“ by
@pyroos.bsky.social, @firescar.bsky.social, John Galvan,
Paul Tosa, Chris Toya, T. J. Ferguson, Matthew J.
Liebmann, and John R. Welch osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/landkee...
Sad to hear of the passing of Robert Ricklefs - a giant of Ecology who simultaneously pushed forward big ideas at multiple biological levels yet took time for detailed natural history .. McGill does a nice job summarizing his impressive contributions 🌐🧪 dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2026/06/11/r...
Wildfires are among the most pressing environmental challenges of the 21st century, intensified by the accumulation of forest fuels after a century of fire suppression policies. Although fuel-reductio...
Robert Ricklefs, a giant of ecology, passed away on Sunday. It is hard to overstate the extensive impact Bob had on the field. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in the US,…
With rising temperatures, longer summers, drought, and more wildfires occurring in the United States and Canada, there is growing interest in the impact and efficacy of Indigenous fire and cultural bu...
