- A Hole in the Ozone - Acid Rain - Aerosols - Climate Variability - Extreme Weather - Signs of Warming - The Greenhouse Effect - Carbon Sequestration - Ice Ages - Island Earth - Landslides - Tales Told By Trees - Amphibian Alarm - Biodiversity - Coral Reefs - Ecosystem Services - Fire Dependent Ecosystems - Global Change in Mountain Ecosystems - Mass Extinctions - North America's Thawing Cap - Phytoplankton - A Changing World - Changes in the Chesapeake Bay - City Lights - Future Energy Supplies - Material World - The Human Footprint - The Return of the Wolf - World Population - Future Forest Fires - Mortenson Ranch - Native Ecology - Prairie Potholes - Precision Agriculture - Fresh Water - Greenland's Thinning Ice - Melting at Glacier National Park - On Thin Ice - Paradise Lost - Water, Water Everywhere?
Fire Dependent Ecosystems Fire is essential for the survival of many plant species. We examine the challenge of protecting people and property, and accepting fire as a natural part of healthy ecosystem functioning.