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The PAGES-endorsed International Paleofire Network (IPN) will host a monthly online seminar series beginning in May 2021 to foster knowledge exchange and promote discussion across worldwide paleoscience communities interested in paleofire research.
Logistics
Each seminar will be broadcast via Webex at 21:00 CEST (19:00 UTC) and will consist of a 20-30 minute talk followed by an open discussion period.
Description
Recent years and decades have witnessed increasingly destructive wildfires, sparking much discussion regarding the causes and impacts of fire. Further the role of humans in fueling these fires, both directly via land management and ignition as well as indirectly via anthropogenic climate change, is a dynamic and exciting field of study. Yet, fire has occurred in the Earth System since the Paleozoic Era and has played a part in shaping our biosphere and atmosphere. The paleofire field seeks to leverage environmental archives to better contextualize and understand the fires we see in the modern day.
This seminar series will offer a discussion forum and focus on paleofire methods, new directions, and applied research spanning many spatial and temporal scales. ECRs are especially encouraged to attend and learn from established and emerging leaders in the field.
Third speaker - 15 July
The third event will be held on 15 July at 21:00 CEST (19:00 UTC).
Dr. Emma Rehn, from James Cook University, Australia, presents:
"A multi-proxy approach to palaeofire in Australian tropical savannas"
How to join
Please register via the IPN forum to get Webex room information and information on upcoming seminars.
Past program
The first event, with Phil Higuera, from W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation at the University of Montana, USA, was held on Thursday 6 May. "The past and future of peak detection in paleofire research." Access the recording here: https://ipn.paleofire.org/?p=1062
The second event, with Dr. Allison Karp, from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, at Yale University, USA, was held on Thursday 24 June. "Advances in interpreting polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as a paleofire proxy". The recording will be made available shortly after the presentation.
Further information
If you have any questions or would like to present the research of your paleofire group in one of the upcoming seminars, please contact:
Richard Vachula: vachula14@gmail.com
Elisabeth Dietze: edietze@awi.de
Go to the IPN website: https://ipn.paleofire.org/