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USGS October Evening Public Lecture In Menlo Park

These non-technical lectures are free and are intended for a general audience that may not be familiar with USGS science

Fire-climate Relationships in the Sierra Nevada:
Surprises relevant to future fire regime forecasts

Jon E. Keeley, USGS Research Scientist

• Historical variation in annual fire activity is tied to climate only in the montane forests.
• Fires are largely insensitive to winter temperatures but significantly affected by spring and summer temperatures.
• Future impacts of global warming on fire activity are largely dependent on the seasonal patterns of warming.
• Lower elevation foothill shrub lands and savannahs are not strongly affected by high temperatures in any season.

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When: Thursday, October 22, 2015, 7:00 p.m. (PDT)

Where: U.S. Geological Survey, Bldg. 3 Rambo Auditorium, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025

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