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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
2026-06-11 23:58 |
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2026 Meeting
Section: Atmosphere and Earth Science; Environment Protection
Title:
Climate-driven vegetation fire regimes and their impact on air quality, the carbon cycle, and communities
Authors:
Daria COJOCARU (1), Bogdan ANTONESCU (1,2), Luminița MARMUREANU (2)
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Affiliation:
1)University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics
2)National Institute for Earth Physics
E-mail
cojocarudaria2001@yahoo.com
Keywords:
vegetation fire regimes, fire weather, satellite monitoring, Romania, air quality, carbon cycle
Abstract:
Vegetation fires are becoming more frequent and more severe as the climate changes. Higher temperatures, longer droughts, and drier vegetation are creating conditions in which fires ignite more easily and spread further — and once they burn, they release carbon that contributes to further warming. Understanding how this cycle works, and where it is heading, is one of the central challenges in current atmospheric and environmental research. Romania’s fire behaviour does not follow the patterns typically described in European fire research. The seasonality is different, the causes are different, and the landscape in which fires occur presents its own challenges for monitoring and response. The study looks at what drives fire activity in Romania, why existing tools and frameworks may not be well suited to the local context, and what a more appropriate approach might look like.
The research also considers what fires mean beyond the environment — for the air people breathe, for soil and carbon stocks, and for the communities that bear the consequences. The goal is to build a clearer, more grounded picture of fire risk in Romania that can inform prevention and early warning.
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