In this section, you will find articles that bring scientific and technical knowledge about wildfires, wildfire risk management, and landscape conservation closer to a wider audience. The content is designed to make complex processes easier to understand and to help strengthen the connection between knowledge and society.
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Mosaic Landscapes and Large Wildfires
Following the wildfires that have occurred in Spain in 2026, a debate has emerged on social media about the effectiveness of mosaic landscapes as a tool for wildfire management. Some have raised the following question: if agroforestry mosaics help reduce fire spread and facilitate suppression operations, why have we also seen mosaic landscapes burn, including…
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Did you know that most wildfires in Spain occur in the northwest?
If someone asked where most wildfires occur in Spain, we would probably think of the Mediterranean region, with its warm and dry climate. However, the reality is different: it is the northwest of the peninsula that tops the wildfire statistics. But why is this the case? Let us take a closer look. The Northwestern Peninsula…
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What’s fire ecology?
Traditionally, wildfires have been seen solely as destructive phenomena. However, this perception has been gradually redefined thanks to scientific research, which shows that fire also plays a fundamental role as an ecological process. This is the focus of fire ecology, a discipline that studies fire as a natural process capable of driving change and renewal…
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What intervention units are there in Spain to respond to a wildfire emergency? Help us complete the information!
During a wildfire emergency in Spain, the so-called intervention units are deployed. These units are made up of personnel specialized in wildland fire management, affiliated with institutions or organizations, and they carry out their tasks in a coordinated manner, as we explain in our article on how wildfire emergencies are managed. We have now focused…
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Pyrocumulus and Pyrocumulonimbus: the clouds of wildfires
As is well known, weather can increase the risk of wildfires and make it more difficult to extinguish them. But the relationship between fire and weather goes further: sometimes wildfires can generate their own meteorological phenomena, such as pyrocumulus and pyrocumulonimbus. These are clouds created by the extreme heat of wildfires, which can trigger powerful…
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How is a wildfire emergency managed and who are the actors involved?
In the Mediterranean, wildfires are more frequent in the summer. High temperatures, heat waves and warm winds cause vegetation to dry out and burn easily, putting, in some cases, people and their properties in danger. That is why it is necessary that the burn teams are prepared in case of a wildfire emergency. But how…
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What relationship do extreme wildfires have with climate change?
The latest extreme wildfires in Portugal (2017), California (2018), Tenerife (2023) and Chile (2024), among others, with thousands of hectares burned, have taken place during long periods of drought and high temperatures. This may lead one to think that these fires have happened because of climate change. But is it true? What relationship do extreme…
