Articles | Volume 20, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3803-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3803-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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High-resolution data reveal a surge of biomass loss from temperate and Atlantic pine forests, contextualizing the 2022 fire season distinctiveness in France
UMR CEFE, IRD, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier, EPHE, 1919 Route de Mende 34293 Montpellier CEDEX 5, France
French Environment and Energy Management Agency, 20 avenue du Grésillé BP 90406 49004 Angers CEDEX 01, France
Martin Schwartz
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay,Chemin de Saint Aubin – RD 128, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, France
Philippe Ciais
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay,Chemin de Saint Aubin – RD 128, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, France
Dave van Wees
Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, the Netherlands
Aurelien de Truchis
Kayrros SAS, 33 Rue LA FAYETTE
75009 PARIS 9, 75009, France
Florent Mouillot
UMR CEFE, IRD, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier, EPHE, 1919 Route de Mende 34293 Montpellier CEDEX 5, France
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- Soil smoldering in temperate forests: a neglected contributor to fire carbon emissions revealed by atmospheric mixing ratios L. Vallet et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-213-2025
- Quantifying the current and future likelihood of the 2022 extreme wildfire weather conditions in France with anthropogenic climate change S. Zhu et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-2637-2026
- Accelerating biomass loss from forest disturbances across Europe K. Kowalski et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-026-02032-y
- Assessment of Pinus halepensis Forests’ Vulnerability Using the Temporal Dynamics of Carbon Stocks and Fire Traits in Tunisia F. Rezgui et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7060204
- Beyond the forest-centric bias: rethinking extensive pine plantations in mediterranean landscapes F. Ojeda et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2026.101301
- Long-Term Monitoring of Coastal Afforestation Dynamics and Fire-Induced Biomass and Carbon Loss Using Landsat Time Series in Northwestern Tunisia Z. Soltani et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/f17080932
- Forty-Year Fire History Reconstruction from Landsat Data in Mediterranean Ecosystems of Algeria following International Standards M. Kouachi et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16132500
- Climate-driven increases in wildfire projected to affect European forest types differently M. Patacca et al. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae4115
- How climate, fire types and topography drive forest biomass vulnerability to fires assessed from high resolution space-for-time analysis L. Vallet & F. Mouillot https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2026.114850
- Synthesis and Perspectives on Disturbance Interactions, and Forest Fire Risk and Fire Severity in Central Europe L. Leonardos et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7120470
- Mapping and assessment of ecological vulnerability to wildfires in Europe F. Arrogante-Funes et al. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-024-00321-8
- FORMS: Forest Multiple Source height, wood volume, and biomass maps in France at 10 to 30 m resolution based on Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) data with a deep learning approach M. Schwartz et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-4927-2023
- Advancing wildfire susceptibility mapping through maching learning and SHapley Additive exPlanations-integrated geospatial analysis in Northern Morocco’s Mediterranean region A. Moumane et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2025.1705341
- Landscape fire emissions from the 5th version of the Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED5) G. van der Werf et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-06127-w
- Soil secrets and tree tales: An in-depth comparison of carbon storage in mixed and pure stands of pine and birch N. Fanin et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122827
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Editorial statement
The study covers a relevant contemporary topic (wildfire) and focusses on the recent major European summer of wildfires. The authors demonstrate that the assessment of burned area alone is not enough to fully characterize the impact of fires. Novel methods to assess burned area and above ground biomass losses are described to provide a more informative impact-based characterization of fires.
The study covers a relevant contemporary topic (wildfire) and focusses on the recent major...
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This study analyzes the ecological impact of the 2022 summer fire season in France by using high-resolution satellite data. The total biomass loss was 2.553 Mt, equivalent to a 17 % increase of the average natural mortality of all French forests. While Mediterranean forests had a lower biomass loss, there was a drastic increase in burned area and biomass loss over the Atlantic pine forests and temperate forests. This result revisits the distinctiveness of the 2022 fire season.
This study analyzes the ecological impact of the 2022 summer fire season in France by using...
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