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ArticleCommunications earth & environment2025

Unprecedented UK heatwave harmonised drivers of fuel moisture creating extreme temperate wildfire risk.

Katy Ivison, Kerryn Little, Alice Orpin, Claire M Belcher, Gareth D Clay, Stefan H Doerr, Thomas E L Smith, Roxane Andersen, Laura J Graham, Nicholas Kettridge

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Article in Communications earth & environment, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Katy IvisonSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0008-6783
Kerryn LittleSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Alice OrpinSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Claire M BelcherwildFIRE Lab, Hatherly Laboratories, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Gareth D ClayDepartment of Geography, School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Stefan H DoerrDepartment of Geography, Centre for Wildfire Research, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8700-9002
Thomas E L SmithDepartment of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Roxane AndersenEnvironmental Research Institute, University of the Highlands and Islands, Thurso, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7782-795X
Laura J GrahamSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Nicholas KettridgeSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3995-0305

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change is resulting in more extreme fire weather during major heatwaves. Across temperate Europe, shrub landscapes dominate the area burned, with the moisture content of fuels during these events determining the threat posed. Current controls on the moisture content of temperate fuel constituents and their response to future extreme heatwaves are not known. We took field measurements of live and dead heather (

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PMID40904686
PMCPMC12401727

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