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In this current wildfire crisis, acknowledge widespread suffering.

Fiona E Newman Thacker, Kathleen Uyttewaal, Tomás Quiñones, Rik Leemans, Bethany Hannah, Cathelijne R Stoof

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Review in Ambio, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Fiona E Newman ThackerSoil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University and Research, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. fiona.newman-thacker@wur.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3533-2836
Kathleen UyttewaalEarth Systems and Global Change Group, Wageningen University and Research, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Tomás QuiñonesResearch and Development Department, Technosylva, Parque Tecnológico de León, C/ Nicostrato Vela, Edificio Technosylva, 24009, León, Spain.
Rik LeemansEarth Systems and Global Change Group, Wageningen University and Research, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Bethany HannahAmerican Wildfire Experience, PO Box 24, Kyburz, CA, 95720, USA.
Cathelijne R StoofSoil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University and Research, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Funding

H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions 860787
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With climate change causing more extreme weather events globally, climate scientists have argued that societies have three options: mitigation, adaptation or suffering. In recent years, devastating wildfires have caused significant suffering, yet the extent of this suffering has not been defined. To encapsulate this suffering, we determined impacts and effects of extreme wildfires through two systematic literature reviews. Six common themes of wildfire suffering emerged: environmental, social, physical, mental, cultural and resource suffering. These themes varied in scale: from local to regional; from individuals to communities; and from ecosystems to landscapes. We then applied these themes in the Las Maquinas (Chile) and Fort McMurray (Canada) wildfires. This highlighted several adaptation strategies that can reduce suffering, however our exploration indicates these strategies must address social and ecological factors. This analysis concludes that suffering from wildfires is diverse and widespread, and that significant engagement with adaptation strategies is needed if this is going to decrease.

Indexed as

Climate ChangeWildfiresEcosystemHumansAdaptationClimate changeDisaster managementSufferingWildfire

Identifiers

PMID39873895
PMCPMC11965086

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