Science-based solutions for land management
The Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions (CECS) is developing the science-based tools California needs to more effectively manage its natural lands for climate change.
CECS brings together researchers, managers, and practitioners from across the state, who are all working to improve the health and resilience of our communities and the ecosystems we depend on.
The CECS Fire Progression Tool is Live!
This new app shows daily fire spread for 32 of the largest multi-day fires in California since 2012. The underlying dataset, built by CECS researchers, uses satellite detection to track daily fire spread for all 274 large, multi-day fires in California from 2012-2020.
The tool also visualizes fuel loads derived from CECS Ecosystem Integration Model, an original product that integrates geospatial data on physical conditions and a diagnostic model of pools and fluxes in order to generate data on carbon pools, water balance, die-off, and surface fuels.
Thanks to Eos for highlighting our research, and to Bill Anderegg for an accompanying commentary on the risks for natural climate solutions https://eos.org/editor-highlights/permanence-of-nature-based-climate-solutions-at-risk @AGU_Eos @theAGU @edavidsonUMCES #AGUpubs https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021AV000490
Research News
- California’s Carbon Mitigation Efforts May Be Thwarted By Climate Change Itself July 27, 2021
- Top-Level Stakeholder Survey Findings Available Now May 17, 2021
- The CECS Fire Progression Tool is Live! May 17, 2021
- CECS Graduate Researchers Aim to Educate and Empower through Climate Outreach May 14, 2021
- Mapping the impacts of climate, fuel, and land use on Sierra Nevada wildfire patterns March 1, 2021
- A sneak peek at “California’s Watershed: Healing” February 19, 2021