FIRE IN THE EARTH SYSTEM: Bridging Data and Modeling Research

[...]the past few decades are perhaps the least studied period of the paleofire-proxy data in the GCD, but a new initiative from this workshop called the Modern Global Charcoal Database (mGCD) will address this gap (www.gpwg.paleofire.org /crosscutting-initiatives1/). [...]while much research focuses on overall burned area, extreme fire events or megafires-severe fire episodes that cause catastrophic damage in terms of ecological or economic losses, or both-are driven by critical weather conditions, which induce a concentration of numerous large fires in time and space.