Reframing the Challenge of Global Wildfire Threats to Water Supplies
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The timing, extent, and severity of forest wildfires have increased in many parts of the world in recent decades. These wildfires can have substantial and devastating impacts on water supply, ecohydrological systems, and sociohydrosystems. Existing frameworks to assess the magnitude and spatial extent of these effects generally focus on local processes or services and are not readily transferable to other regions. However, there is a growing need for regional, continental, and global scale indices to assess the potential effect of wildfires on freshwater availability and water supply resilience. Such indices must consider both the individual and compound effects of wildfires. In so doing, this will enable comprehensive insights on the water security paradigm and the value of hydrological services in fire‐affected areas around the globe.
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As the climate becomes increasingly hotter and drier and human activities continue to expand, threats to water security will become more prevalent.
“As the climate becomes increasingly hotter and drier and human activities continue to expand, threats to water security will become more prevalent (AghaKouchak et al., 2018; Hallema et al., 2018; Robinne et al., 2018).”
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Self-citationA Global Index for Mapping the Exposure of Water Resources to Wildfire
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Scientists' warning on extreme wildfire risks to water supply
Robinne, F., Hallema, D. W., Bladon, K. D., Flannigan, M. D., Boisramé, G., Bréthaut, C. M., Doerr, S. H., Di Baldassarre, G., Gallagher, L. A., Hohner, A. K., et al. (2021) · Hydrological Processes · doi:10.1002/hyp.14086 · Cited by 135 · see citing works
“As the climate becomes increasingly hotter and drier and human activities continue to expand, threats to water security will become more prevalent (AghaKouchak et al., 2018; Hallema et al., 2018; Robinne et al., 2018).”
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- Authors
- Hallema, D. W., Robinne, F., & Bladon, K. D.
- Affiliations
- US Forest Service (US)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Oregon State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Robinne, François‐Nicolas
- Venue
- Earth's Future
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Published
- 2018-06
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 772-776
- ISSN
- 2328-4277 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2803407019
- Cited by
- 78
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 4.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Earth s Future (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities (DE‐AC05‐06OR23100)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Ocean Engineering › Water resources management and optimization
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Keywords
- forest fires, water security, water supply resilience, ecohydrology, global indices, freshwater availability, hydrological services, burned area
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