79 Redefining Wildfire in the Anthropocene

Monday, 23 September 2024
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ballroom A&B

FIRE IN THE PAST, FIRE IN THE MIND, FIRE IN THE FUTURE

Paper number: 79-2
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 8:02 AM – 8:42 AM

Authors

Abstract

Fire in the past. Reimagining the narrative of how humanity and fire have shaped the Earth by appealing to three fires over geologic time – the fire of nature, the fire used by humans in living landscapes, the fire sustained by humans that burn fossil biomass (lithic landscapes). Fire in the mind: Reconsidering how we understand fire by appeal to traditional knowledge, historical experience, and perhaps alternative sciences. Fire in the future: Redefining the issues of a maturing fire age – too much bad fire, too little good fire, too much combustion overall.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 56, No. 5

doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-400982

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