ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2016
At the nexus of fire, water and society.
Review in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Intersection of Wildfire and Legacy Mining Poses Risks to Water Quality.Environmental science & technology · 2025Review
- Wildfire-induced pollution and its short-term impact on COVID-19 cases and mortality in California.Gondwana research : international geoscience journal · 2023Article
- Wildfire Induces Changes in Receiving Waters: A Review With Considerations for Water Quality Management.Water resources research · 2022Article
- Scientists' warning on extreme wildfire risks to water supply.Hydrological processes · 2021Article
- Wildfires increasingly impact western US fluvial networks.Nature communications · 2021Article
- Burned forests impact water supplies.Nature communications · 2018Article
- In the line of fire: the peatlands of Southeast Asia.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2016Review
- Fire effects on soils: the human dimension.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2016Review
- The discovery of fire by humans: a long and convoluted process.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2016Review
- The interaction of fire and mankind: Introduction.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2016Article
- Living on a flammable planet: interdisciplinary, cross-scalar and varied cultural lessons, prospects and challenges.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2016Review
- Global trends in wildfire and its impacts: perceptions versus realities in a changing world.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2016Article
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Abstract
The societal risks of water scarcity and water-quality impairment have received considerable attention, evidenced by recent analyses of these topics by the 2030 Water Resources Group, the United Nations and the World Economic Forum. What are the effects of fire on the predicted water scarcity and declines in water quality? Drinking water supplies for humans, the emphasis of this exploration, are derived from several land cover types, including forests, grasslands and peatlands, which are vulnerable to fire. In the last two decades, fires have affected the water supply catchments of Denver (CO) and other southwestern US cities, and four major Australian cities including Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide and Melbourne. In the same time period, several, though not all, national, regional and global water assessments have included fire in evaluations of the risks that affect water supplies. The objective of this discussion is to explore the nexus of fire, water and society with the hope that a more explicit understanding of fire effects on water supplies will encourage the incorporation of fire into future assessments of water supplies, into the pyrogeography conceptual framework and into planning efforts directed at water resiliency.This article is part of the themed issue 'The interaction of fire and mankind'.
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