I study forests and fire 🔥. Thus, climate too. Professor at Western Colorado University.
Jonathan Coop
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I wrote an op-ed on the world-class STEM research ecosystem in the United States, and how this ecosystem is now under attack on multiple fronts by the current administration: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-awar...
The “Mozart of Math” tried to stay out of politics. Then it came for his research.
A great illustration from NM today of how recent wildfire burn scars can contain new fires. This is why you want a mosaic of burn scars (prescribed and wildfire) on the landscape. So any new fire gets boxed in by the old ones.
NEW EPISODE of #FireEcology Chats! 🔥Alyssa Worsham and Jonathan Coop discuss how the right kind of fire can shrink the gap between existing and ideal conditions in U.S. wilderness areas #SNFECO Listen here: https://fireecology.org/feco-podcast/ep82
Though this is not a tree-ring fire scar, for #firescarfriday here is an interesting pic of landscape burn severity patterns from the 2025 Rabbit Creek Fire (DA-007) in the Yukon Territory.
Some nice media exposure on our new paper published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social pertaining to expanding area burned by high severity wildfire. 🌍🔥
Thank you, @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social, for raising awareness about this important paper.
Tagging bsky co-author @coopecology.bsky.social.
Terence Tao
Jonathan Coop
Association for Fire Ecology
Nice article from CBC featuring our recent research findings relating snowpack to fire severity. More important than how much area burns, is how it burns. 🔥🧪🌎 @grumpyunclesean.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Michael Wara
Postfire landscapes of the 2025 Deer Creek fire, Colorado-Utah border, USA.
Mountains that normally see their peak snowpack in March are brown this year, thanks to a spring heat dome that baked western U.S. for much of the second half of the month. That's raising alarm bells ...
As I understand it, the unscorched tree lines are thought to be the product of horizontal wind vortices, parallel to the direction of spread at higher wind speeds but forming concentric circles at lower wind speeds. Refugia for understory species. Also note unburned island of mixed aspen+conifer.
Our new research highlights the extent that aspen stands may act as a firebreak, slowing or stopping fire. Applications for land management and implications for fire-driven conifer-to-aspen forest conversion. Thanks @grumpyunclesean.bsky.social for the summary below. doi.org/10.1002/eap....
Jonathan Coop
Jonathan Coop
This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input.
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
Janessa Goldbeck
Took me forever, but finally got my spot on @grumpyunclesean.bsky.social's latest paper up. Worth a read if you care about fire. www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...
