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NOAA Fire Research: Drought and wildfire

NOAA Fire Research from Conditions to Impacts: FIre and Air Quality Extremes

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 2-3pm ET

This seminar series, hosted by NOAA's Climate Program Office and NOAA’s Fire Observation, Research, and Services Team (FOReST) Team features cutting-edge research from NOAA scientists and NOAA-supported investigators, showcasing NOAA and partner fire research activities and their impact on science and services.

In this session, Mike Hobbins (NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory) and Tim Brown (Desert Research Institute) will discuss their research on links between the wildfires and drought. Stay tuned for future sessions in this series, covering topics such as the impacts of fire and smoke on urban areas, improving wildfire risk tools, fire weather, understanding and forecasting wildfires and smoke, and research at the intersection of drought and fire.

Earlier Event: October 9
Smoke Ready Communities: Graphics and Materials Release
Later Event: October 20
17th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit and 7th Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference / Alberta, Canada

AFE’s journal, Fire Ecology, publishes peer-reviewed articles on all ecological and management aspects relating to wildland fire. Freely access journal articles and get details about submitting a manuscript.