In this current wildfire crisis, acknowledge widespread suffering
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10889302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fiona E Newman Thacker (0000-0002-3533-2836, Wageningen University & Research, corresponding author), Kathleen Uyttewaal (0000-0002-4249-6943, Wageningen University & Research), Tomás Quiñones (0009-0006-8821-1364), Rik Leemans (0000-0002-4001-6301, Wageningen University & Research), Bethany Hannah (Wildlands Network), Cathelijne R Stoof (0000-0002-0198-9215, Wageningen University & Research) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 759-773 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AMBIO (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-7447 • E-ISSN: 1654-7209 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s13280-024-02105-5 |
| PMID | 39873895 |
| OpenAlex | W4406885178 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 141 |
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
Adaptation (eye) · Cartography · Climate change · Environmental resource management · Extreme weather · Geography · Resource (disambiguation) · Scale (ratio) · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Disaster Management and Resilience · Ecology · Environmental Science · Fire effects on ecosystems · Psychology
Global Pyrogeography
Learning to coexist with wildfire
The unequal vulnerability of communities of color to wildfire
Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems
The Experience and Perceived Consequences of the 2016 Fort McMurray Fires and Evacuation
Estimating Soil Erosion Rate Changes in Areas Affected by Wildfires
Probabilistic Wildfire risk assessment methodology and evaluation of a supply chain network
Wildfire recovery as a “hot moment” for creating fire-adapted communities
Social drivers of vulnerability to wildfire disasters
Chile mega-fire 2017
The moment of self-transformation
Remains of traditional fire use in Portugal
Valuing the impacts of forest disturbances on ecosystem services
Exploring desirable nature futures for Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen
Meaning-making, suffering, and religion
Deep Time and Disaster
Did enhanced afforestation cause high severity peat burn in the Fort McMurray Horse River wildfire
Impacts of wildfire and landscape factors on organic soil properties in Arctic tussock tundra
Significant PTSD and Other Mental Health Effects Present 18 Months After the Fort Mcmurray Wildfire
Chronic Mental Health Sequelae of Climate Change Extremes
What can we do when the smoke rolls in? An exploratory qualitative analysis of the impacts of rural wildfire smoke on mental health and wellbeing, and opportunities for adaptation
Understanding the Impacts of the October 2017 Portugal Wildfires on Cultural Heritage
Barriers and enablers for prescribed burns for wildfire management in California
When the lights go out
Estimating the economic, social and environmental impacts of wildfires in Australia
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Towards a systemic approach to fire risk management
Wildfire, timber salvage, and the economics of expediency
Resilient landscapes to prevent catastrophic forest fires
Assessing expected economic losses from wildfires in eucalypt plantations of western Brazil
The protective action decision model
Adapting to Wildfire
Displacement after the Camp Fire
Keepers of the Flame
The Politics of Fire and the Social Impacts of Fire Exclusion on the Klamath1
Uplifting local ecological knowledge as part of adaptation pathways to wildfire risk reduction
What is a fire resilient landscape? Towards an integrated definition
Human–environmental drivers and impacts of the globally extreme 2017 Chilean fires
Coexisting with wildfire? Achievements and challenges for a radical social-ecological transformation in Catalonia (Spain)
The (in)visible victims of disaster
Intensification of fire regimes and forest loss in the Território Indígena do Xingu
Fire and human evolution
Exploring Indigenous Ways of Coping After a Wildfire Disaster in Northern Alberta, Canada
Social-ecological resilience and biosphere-based sustainability science
Governing wildfires
Engaging with the home-in-ruins
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |