Wim Thiery

Oct 21, 2024 | nature.com | Chantelle Burton |Seppe Lampe |Douglas Kelley |Wim Thiery |Stijn Hantson |Lukas Gudmundsson | +11 more

AbstractFire behaviour is changing in many regions worldwide. However, nonlinear interactions between fire weather, fuel, land use, management and ignitions have impeded formal attribution of global burned area changes. Here, we demonstrate that climate change increasingly explains regional burned area patterns, using an ensemble of global fire models.

Feb 7, 2024 | nature.com | Diana Erazo |Luke Grant |Giovanni Marini |William Wint |Wim Van Bortel |Nathan D. Grubaugh | +2 more

AbstractWest Nile virus (WNV) is an emerging mosquito-borne pathogen in Europe where it represents a new public health threat. While climate change has been cited as a potential driver of its spatial expansion on the continent, a formal evaluation of this causal relationship is lacking. Here, we investigate the extent to which WNV spatial expansion in Europe can be attributed to climate change while accounting for other direct human influences such as land-use and human population changes.

Sep 13, 2023 | nature.com | Wim Thiery |François Massonnet |Denis Michez |Guillaume Ghisbain

AbstractHabitat degradation and climate change are globally acting as pivotal drivers of wildlife collapse, with mounting evidence that this erosion of biodiversity will accelerate in the following decades1,2,3. Here, we quantify the past, present and future ecological suitability of Europe for bumblebees, a threatened group of pollinators ranked among the highest contributors to crop production value in the northern hemisphere4,5,6,7,8.

Sep 7, 2023 | nature.com | Wim Thiery |Yassmin H. Essa |Martin Hirschi |Ahmed M. El-Kenawy

AbstractThe present work aims to address the physical properties of different drought types under near-future climates in the Mediterranean.

Aug 5, 2023 | scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Seppe Lampe |Bertrand Le Saux |Inne Vanderkelen |Wim Thiery

AbstractThe absence of a global long-term burned area dataset significantly hampers analyses of longterm trends in wildfire impacts. This prevents conclusive statements on the role of anthropogenic activity on wildfire impacts over the last century. Here, we construct a 1901-2014 data-driven reanalysis of monthly global burned area at a 0.5° by 0.5° scale.