Mike Flannigan
@mikeflannigan.bsky.social
fire guy, weather guy, researcher, professor and research chair.
Thompson Rivers University
Thompson Rivers University
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I contributed an article to the Canada Wildfire newsletter!
Check out the Fall 2025 issue here:
www.canadawildfire.org/newsletter
Check out the Fall 2025 issue here:
www.canadawildfire.org/newsletter
November 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I contributed an article to the Canada Wildfire newsletter!
Check out the Fall 2025 issue here:
www.canadawildfire.org/newsletter
Check out the Fall 2025 issue here:
www.canadawildfire.org/newsletter
Graph from a recent paper on widespread & intense surface air temperature is scary for many reasons including fire. Higher temperatures & more extreme heat will lead to more intense fires in many parts of the world largely due to drier fuels driven by increased vpd.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Graph from a recent paper on widespread & intense surface air temperature is scary for many reasons including fire. Higher temperatures & more extreme heat will lead to more intense fires in many parts of the world largely due to drier fuels driven by increased vpd.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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“Northwestern Ontario bore brunt of province's wildfire season with evacuations, outages and a record blaze” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - CBC Thunder Bay
#DeerLakeFirstNation #ONFire #Ontario #Wildfires
#DeerLakeFirstNation #ONFire #Ontario #Wildfires
Canada had one of its worst wildfire seasons ever. Here's how one key region is already planning ahead | CBC News
The province's 2025 wildfire season officially ended Friday, with northwestern Ontario experiencing the most activity. The region, with the largest wildfire on record, faced several community evacuati...
www.cbc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
“Northwestern Ontario bore brunt of province's wildfire season with evacuations, outages and a record blaze” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - CBC Thunder Bay
#DeerLakeFirstNation #ONFire #Ontario #Wildfires
#DeerLakeFirstNation #ONFire #Ontario #Wildfires
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Two PhD student positions on Fire Resilience of Amazon Forests (Application deadline Nov 26), Wageningen
@masha-vandersande.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social
www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...
@masha-vandersande.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social
www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...
November 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Two PhD student positions on Fire Resilience of Amazon Forests (Application deadline Nov 26), Wageningen
@masha-vandersande.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social
www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...
@masha-vandersande.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social
www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...
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Do you like forests and computer models? 🌳🧑💻
Within the Future Forests excellence cluster, we are hiring two modellers for 7 year (!) positions here in Freiburg.
A scientific coordinator role: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...
And and a scientific programmer role: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...
Within the Future Forests excellence cluster, we are hiring two modellers for 7 year (!) positions here in Freiburg.
A scientific coordinator role: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...
And and a scientific programmer role: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Do you like forests and computer models? 🌳🧑💻
Within the Future Forests excellence cluster, we are hiring two modellers for 7 year (!) positions here in Freiburg.
A scientific coordinator role: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...
And and a scientific programmer role: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...
Within the Future Forests excellence cluster, we are hiring two modellers for 7 year (!) positions here in Freiburg.
A scientific coordinator role: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...
And and a scientific programmer role: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...
NPL5 in Canada means - Wildland fire activity is significant within one or more jurisdictions. Firefighters and equipment in every jurisdiction in Canada are in use & international help has been requested. Graph of the # of NPL5 days by year in Canada. There are not enough resources in recent years
October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
NPL5 in Canada means - Wildland fire activity is significant within one or more jurisdictions. Firefighters and equipment in every jurisdiction in Canada are in use & international help has been requested. Graph of the # of NPL5 days by year in Canada. There are not enough resources in recent years
New report out today - theBritish Columbia Disaster and Climate Risk and Resilience Assessment (DCRRA). This assessment includes natural and climate-related hazards in BC—such as floods, extreme heat, wildfires and earthquakes
climatereadybc.gov.bc.ca/pages/dcrra
climatereadybc.gov.bc.ca/pages/dcrra
DCRRA
This page is part of the ClimateReadyBC site. The British Columbia Disaster and Climate Risk and Resilience Assessment (DCRRA) and the B.C. Hazard Insights Tool provide key information on different ha...
climatereadybc.gov.bc.ca
October 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
New report out today - theBritish Columbia Disaster and Climate Risk and Resilience Assessment (DCRRA). This assessment includes natural and climate-related hazards in BC—such as floods, extreme heat, wildfires and earthquakes
climatereadybc.gov.bc.ca/pages/dcrra
climatereadybc.gov.bc.ca/pages/dcrra
New Perspective - Canada’s landscape fires spreading into uncharted territory
Canada clearly needs to do more. More to prevent & mitigate wildfires, more to increase our initial response capacity and capability to protect communities & critical infrastructure.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Canada clearly needs to do more. More to prevent & mitigate wildfires, more to increase our initial response capacity and capability to protect communities & critical infrastructure.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
New Perspective - Canada’s landscape fires spreading into uncharted territory
Canada clearly needs to do more. More to prevent & mitigate wildfires, more to increase our initial response capacity and capability to protect communities & critical infrastructure.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Canada clearly needs to do more. More to prevent & mitigate wildfires, more to increase our initial response capacity and capability to protect communities & critical infrastructure.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Groups in Canada are calling on the federal government to take more action to prevent and combat wildfires
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...
CTV National News: Calls for action to protect Canadians against wildfires
Groups are calling on the federal government to take more action to prevent and combat wildfires. Andrew Johnson reports.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Groups in Canada are calling on the federal government to take more action to prevent and combat wildfires
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...
10th International Conference on Forest Fire Research &
19th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit Website is now live. Just over a year away.
events.adai.pt/en/10th-icffr
19th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit Website is now live. Just over a year away.
events.adai.pt/en/10th-icffr
10th International Conference on Forest Fire Research
events.adai.pt
October 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
10th International Conference on Forest Fire Research &
19th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit Website is now live. Just over a year away.
events.adai.pt/en/10th-icffr
19th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit Website is now live. Just over a year away.
events.adai.pt/en/10th-icffr
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"Canada's landscape fires are spreading into uncharted territory." scholar.google.com/scholar_url?...
scholar.google.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"Canada's landscape fires are spreading into uncharted territory." scholar.google.com/scholar_url?...
Jasper 2024 Wildfire Complex: Documentation, Reconstruction and Analysis
Following a highly destructive 2024 wildfire in Jasper, Alberta, a study was completed to describe the behaviour and contributing environmental factors associated with this event.
ostrnrcan-dostrncan.canada.ca/entities/pub...
Following a highly destructive 2024 wildfire in Jasper, Alberta, a study was completed to describe the behaviour and contributing environmental factors associated with this event.
ostrnrcan-dostrncan.canada.ca/entities/pub...
NRCan Open S&T Repository (OSTR) / Dépôt ouvert des sciences et technologie (DOST) de RNCan
The NRCan Open S&T Repository (OSTR) provides free and open access to science publication and research funded by the Canadian government.
ostrnrcan-dostrncan.canada.ca
October 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Jasper 2024 Wildfire Complex: Documentation, Reconstruction and Analysis
Following a highly destructive 2024 wildfire in Jasper, Alberta, a study was completed to describe the behaviour and contributing environmental factors associated with this event.
ostrnrcan-dostrncan.canada.ca/entities/pub...
Following a highly destructive 2024 wildfire in Jasper, Alberta, a study was completed to describe the behaviour and contributing environmental factors associated with this event.
ostrnrcan-dostrncan.canada.ca/entities/pub...
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Why have Canada's wildfire seasons suddenly gotten worse in recent years?
Stay tuned for a blog post tomorrow!
Stay tuned for a blog post tomorrow!
October 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Why have Canada's wildfire seasons suddenly gotten worse in recent years?
Stay tuned for a blog post tomorrow!
Stay tuned for a blog post tomorrow!
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The climate crisis is fuelling extreme fires across the planet
In the past year, an area of land over 3.7 M km², larger than India, was burned worldwide. >100 M people were affected by these fires, and homes and infrastructure worth US$215 billion were at risk.
theconversation.com/the-climate-...
In the past year, an area of land over 3.7 M km², larger than India, was burned worldwide. >100 M people were affected by these fires, and homes and infrastructure worth US$215 billion were at risk.
theconversation.com/the-climate-...
The climate crisis is fuelling extreme fires across the planet
It’s clear – climate change is supercharging the world’s wildfires in unpredictable and devastating ways.
theconversation.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
The climate crisis is fuelling extreme fires across the planet
In the past year, an area of land over 3.7 M km², larger than India, was burned worldwide. >100 M people were affected by these fires, and homes and infrastructure worth US$215 billion were at risk.
theconversation.com/the-climate-...
In the past year, an area of land over 3.7 M km², larger than India, was burned worldwide. >100 M people were affected by these fires, and homes and infrastructure worth US$215 billion were at risk.
theconversation.com/the-climate-...
🔥 New fire paper out - Fire regime changes in Canada: an update. Overall, the big-picture trends remain consistent: annual area burned, the annual number and size of large fires are still increasing, but the total number of fires for all sizes continue to decline.
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
Fire regime changes in Canada: an update
Given the recent rise in extreme fires, we present an update to a previous Canadian wildfire trend analysis (1959-2015) with nine additional years of data (2016-2024), an improved area burned dataset,...
cdnsciencepub.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🔥 New fire paper out - Fire regime changes in Canada: an update. Overall, the big-picture trends remain consistent: annual area burned, the annual number and size of large fires are still increasing, but the total number of fires for all sizes continue to decline.
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
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For over 15 years the McMaster Ecohydro Lab has awarded the #NobelPeatPrize to the authors of the best peatland or peat paper of the year.
It’s that time of year again where we review papers and finalize a list of nominees.
Do you have a fave paper for 2025 you would like us to consider?
It’s that time of year again where we review papers and finalize a list of nominees.
Do you have a fave paper for 2025 you would like us to consider?
October 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
For over 15 years the McMaster Ecohydro Lab has awarded the #NobelPeatPrize to the authors of the best peatland or peat paper of the year.
It’s that time of year again where we review papers and finalize a list of nominees.
Do you have a fave paper for 2025 you would like us to consider?
It’s that time of year again where we review papers and finalize a list of nominees.
Do you have a fave paper for 2025 you would like us to consider?
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We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs
September 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs
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“Wildfire smoke contains PM2.5 - a type of air pollution - that is known to trigger inflammation in the body. It can exacerbate conditions like asthma and heart disease...” www.bbc.com/news/article... - BBC News
#cdnpoli #uspoli #wildfires
#cdnpoli #uspoli #wildfires
US and Canada fight over who's to blame for wildfires
US officials have blamed Canada for not doing enough to stop its wildfire smoke from wafting south. Climate experts say it’s not so simple.
www.bbc.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
“Wildfire smoke contains PM2.5 - a type of air pollution - that is known to trigger inflammation in the body. It can exacerbate conditions like asthma and heart disease...” www.bbc.com/news/article... - BBC News
#cdnpoli #uspoli #wildfires
#cdnpoli #uspoli #wildfires
Some active fires in northern Alberta today. GOES-West geocolor loop below. Also, active fires in the Northwest Territories today (not shown in this loop).
September 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Some active fires in northern Alberta today. GOES-West geocolor loop below. Also, active fires in the Northwest Territories today (not shown in this loop).
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Wildfires affect not just the air we breathe, but the water we drink. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15479...
September 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Wildfires affect not just the air we breathe, but the water we drink. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15479...
🔥New paper - Comparative Analysis of Ensemble and Deterministic Models for Fire Weather Index (FWI) System Forecasting.
Ensemble forecasts for fire management decision-making include probabilistic fire growth modelling, long-term strategic planning etc.
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
Ensemble forecasts for fire management decision-making include probabilistic fire growth modelling, long-term strategic planning etc.
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
September 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🔥New paper - Comparative Analysis of Ensemble and Deterministic Models for Fire Weather Index (FWI) System Forecasting.
Ensemble forecasts for fire management decision-making include probabilistic fire growth modelling, long-term strategic planning etc.
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
Ensemble forecasts for fire management decision-making include probabilistic fire growth modelling, long-term strategic planning etc.
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
UBC-O just posted two full-time term lecturer positions in fire ecology as part of the Canadian Prescribed Fire Training Program
The positions will handle fire ecology courses and prescribed fire training.
Applications are open until October 31, 2025.
ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...
The positions will handle fire ecology courses and prescribed fire training.
Applications are open until October 31, 2025.
ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...
Lecturer - Fire Ecology
Academic Job Category Faculty Bargaining Job Title Lecturer - Fire Ecology Department UBCO | Faculty | Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences | Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science (Kevin Hanna...
ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
UBC-O just posted two full-time term lecturer positions in fire ecology as part of the Canadian Prescribed Fire Training Program
The positions will handle fire ecology courses and prescribed fire training.
Applications are open until October 31, 2025.
ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...
The positions will handle fire ecology courses and prescribed fire training.
Applications are open until October 31, 2025.
ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...
The 2025 BC fire season area burned (872k ha) has moved into 5th place with the recent fire activity. This means that the top 6 fire seasons have been since 2017 (records go back to 1950) Area burned-red bars (2017-2025 graph below) far exceeds the green bars (1950-2016). Climate change in action.
September 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The 2025 BC fire season area burned (872k ha) has moved into 5th place with the recent fire activity. This means that the top 6 fire seasons have been since 2017 (records go back to 1950) Area burned-red bars (2017-2025 graph below) far exceeds the green bars (1950-2016). Climate change in action.
Reposted by Mike Flannigan
3 out of 4 Canadians are concerned about the climate crisis, up 15-points since October 2024, according to Abacus
abacusdata.ca/public-conce...
abacusdata.ca/public-conce...
September 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
3 out of 4 Canadians are concerned about the climate crisis, up 15-points since October 2024, according to Abacus
abacusdata.ca/public-conce...
abacusdata.ca/public-conce...
New study in Nature on the Long-range PM2.5 pollution and health impacts from the 2023 Canadian wildfires
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
'We find that 354 million (277–421 million) people in North America and Europe were exposed to daily PM2.5 air pollution caused by Canadian wildfires in 2023'
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
'We find that 354 million (277–421 million) people in North America and Europe were exposed to daily PM2.5 air pollution caused by Canadian wildfires in 2023'
September 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New study in Nature on the Long-range PM2.5 pollution and health impacts from the 2023 Canadian wildfires
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
'We find that 354 million (277–421 million) people in North America and Europe were exposed to daily PM2.5 air pollution caused by Canadian wildfires in 2023'
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
'We find that 354 million (277–421 million) people in North America and Europe were exposed to daily PM2.5 air pollution caused by Canadian wildfires in 2023'