Miriam E Marlier

Biographic Data

ID6717018
NAMEMiriam E Marlier
GIVEN NAMESMiriam E
FAMILY NAMEMarlier
SIGNATUREMARLIER M E
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, Los Angeles
ORCID0000-0001-9333-8411
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT15
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Wildland fire smoke exposure disparities by wildland urban interface category and land ownership

    Open AccessJihoon Jung, Claire Schollaert et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2025

  • Estimated impacts of forest restoration scenarios on smoke exposures among outdoor agricultural workers in California

    Open AccessClaire Schollaert, Ernesto Alvarado et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2023

    As wildfires continue to worsen across western United States, forest managers are increasingly employing prescribed burns as a way to reduce excess fuels and future wildfire risk. While the ecological benefits of these fuel treatments are clear, little is known about the smoke exposure tradeoffs of using prescribed burns to mitigate wildfires, particularly among at-risk populations. Outdoor agricultural workers are a population at increased risk …

  • Quantifying the smoke-related public health trade-offs of forest management

    Open AccessClaire Schollaert, Jihoon Jung et al.ARTICLENature Sustainability2023References: 1

    Prescribed burning can mitigate extreme wildfire risk and reduce total smoke emissions. Yet prescribed burns’ emissions may also contribute to smoke exposures in nearby communities. Incorporating public health considerations into forest management planning efforts may help reduce prescribed burn-related exposure impacts. We present a methodological framework linking landscape ecology, air-quality modelling and health impact assessment to quantify…

  • Wildfire burn severity and emissions inventory: An example implementation over California

    Open AccessQingqing Xu, A L Westerling et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2022

    Wildfire severity is a key indicator of both direct ecosystem impacts and indirect emissions impacts that affect air quality, climate, and public health far beyond the spatial footprint of the flames. Comprehensive, accurate inventories of severity and emissions are essential for assessing these impacts and setting appropriate fire management and health care preparedness strategies, as is the ability to project emissions for future wildfires. The…

  • Exposure of agricultural workers in California to wildfire smoke under past and future climate conditions

    Open AccessMiriam E Marlier, Katherine I Brenner et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2022

    Wildfire activity in the western U.S. has increased in frequency and severity in recent decades. Wildfire smoke emissions contribute to elevated fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) concentrations that are dangerous to public health. Due to the outdoor and physically demanding nature of their work, agricultural workers are particularly vulnerable to wildfire smoke pollution. In this study, we quantify the potential exposure of agricultural workers i…

  • Remote sensing for natural disaster recovery: Lessons learned from Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico

    Open AccessMiriam E Marlier, Susan A Resetar et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Science & Policy2022

    In September 2017, Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Following these hurricanes, comprehensive and timely data collection was, and continues to be, required to assess both the severity of damage across Puerto Rico and to inform recovery and mitigation strategies. In this manuscript, we present how remote sensing data was incorporated into this assessment and planning process, focusing on the applications for Pu…

  • Detection of delay in post-monsoon agricultural burning across Punjab, India: Potential drivers and consequences for air quality

    Open AccessTianjia Liu, Loretta J Mickley et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2020

    Since the Green Revolution in the mid-1960s, a widespread transition to a rice–wheat rotation in the Indian state of Punjab has led to steady increases in crop yield and production. After harvest of the summer monsoon rice crop, the burning of excess crop residue in Punjab from October to November allows for rapid preparation of fields for sowing of the winter wheat crop. Here we use daily satellite remote sensing data to show that the timing of …

  • Quantifying the influence of agricultural fires in northwest India on urban air pollution in Delhi, India

    Open AccessDaniel Cusworth, Loretta J Mickley et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2018

    Since at least the 1980s, many farmers in northwest India have switched to mechanized combine harvesting to boost efficiency. This harvesting technique leaves abundant crop residue on the fields, which farmers typically burn to prepare their fields for subsequent planting. A key question is to what extent the large quantity of smoke emitted by these fires contributes to the already severe pollution in Delhi and across other parts of the heavily p…

  • The 2015 drought in Washington State: A harbinger of things to come

    Open AccessMiriam E Marlier, Mu Xiao et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2017

    Washington State experienced widespread drought in 2015 and the largest burned area in the observational record, attributable in part to exceptionally low winter snow accumulation and high summer temperatures. We examine 2015 drought severity in the Cascade and Olympic mountains relative to the historical climatology (1950-present) and future climate projections (mid-21st century) for a mid-range global greenhouse gas emissions scenario. Although…

  • Effectiveness of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) for reducing fires on oil palm concessions in Indonesia from 2012 to 2015

    Open AccessMegan E Cattau, Miriam E Marlier et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2016

    Fire is a common tool for land conversion and management associated with oil palm production. Fires can cause biodiversity and carbon losses, emit pollutants that deteriorate air quality and harm human health, and damage property. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) prohibits the use of fire on certified concessions. However, efforts to suppress fires are more difficult during El Niño conditions and on peatlands. In this paper, we addre…

  • Public health impacts of the severe haze in Equatorial Asia in September–October 2015: Demonstration of a new framework for informing fire management strategies to reduce downwind smoke exposure

    Open AccessShannon N Koplitz, Loretta J Mickley et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2016

    In September–October 2015, El Niño and positive Indian Ocean Dipole conditions set the stage for massive fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), leading to persistently hazardous levels of smoke pollution across much of Equatorial Asia. Here we quantify the emission sources and health impacts of this haze episode and compare the sources and impacts to an event of similar magnitude occurring under similar meteorological conditions in …

  • Fire emissions and regional air quality impacts from fires in oil palm, timber, and logging concessions in Indonesia

    Open AccessMiriam E Marlier, Ruth Defries et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2015

    Fires associated with agricultural and plantation development in Indonesia impact ecosystem services and release emissions into the atmosphere that degrade regional air quality and contribute to greenhouse gas concentrations. In this study, we estimate the relative contributions of the oil palm, timber (for wood pulp and paper), and logging industries in Sumatra and Kalimantan to land cover change, fire activity, and regional population exposure …

  • Regional air quality impacts of future fire emissions in Sumatra and Kalimantan

    Open AccessMiriam E Marlier, Ruth Defries et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2015

    Fire emissions associated with land cover change and land management contribute to the concentrations of atmospheric pollutants, which can affect regional air quality and climate. Mitigating these impacts requires a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between fires and different land cover change trajectories and land management strategies. We develop future fire emissions inventories from 2010–2030 for Sumatra and Kalimantan (Indones…

  • Estimated Global Mortality Attributable to Smoke from Landscape Fires

    Open AccessFay H Johnston, Sarah B Henderson et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Health Perspectives2012

    Background: Forest, grass, and peat fires release approximately 2 petagrams of carbon into the atmosphere each year, influencing weather, climate, and air quality. Objective: We estimated the annual global mortality attributable to landscape fire smoke (LFS). Methods: Daily and annual exposure to particulate matter ≤ 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) from fire emissions was estimated globally for 1997 through 2006 by combining outputs from a…

  • Biophysical and Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Forest Transitions at Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales

    Open AccessCharles B Yackulic, Matthew Fagan et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2011Cited by: 1

    Yackulic, C. B., M. Fagan, M. Jain, A. Jina, Y. Lim, M. Marlier, R. Muscarella, P. Adame, R. DeFries, and M. Uriarte. 2011. Biophysical and socioeconomic factors associated with forest transitions at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Ecology and Society 16(3): 15. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04275-160315