In the Media

In the Media August 28, 2025 Climate change made summer wildfires in southeastern Europe 10 times more likely, scientists say (28 Aug 2025) Prof Apostolos Voulgarakis quoted in Politico on climate change and European wildfires. Feature image: The EU’s fire danger forecast shows that the risk remains high for… Read more In the Media August 28, 2025 Spain and Portugal wildfires drive worst EU season on record (28 Aug 2025) Dr Theo Keeping quoted by the BBC on wildfires in Europe Feature image: Unprecedented wildfires have scarred northern Spain in recent weeks, Copernicus Read more In the Media August 22, 2025 Is your home at risk from rising UK wildfires? (22 Aug 2025) Dr Adriana Ford quoted in the Telegraph on UK wildfire impacts and risk. Feature image: Firefighters from Noth Wales tackle a gorse fire near Caernarfon in… Read more In the Media August 14, 2025 Hot, dry summers bring new ‘firewave’ risk to UK cities, scientists warn (14 Aug 2025) Prof Guillermo Rein quoted by the BBC on wildfire risk in the UK. Read more In the Media June 27, 2025 A Rocha Ghana Unveils Fire Management Advocacy Billboard at Damongo (27 June 2025) Leverhulme Wildfires / KCL AHRC IAA project, involving Centre members Rahina Sidiki-Alare, Adriana Ford and Kate Schreckenberg along with project partners, featured in local news in… Read more In the Media May 28, 2025 In the Media – fire management in Kenya’s Tsavo region (May 2025) In collaboration with the African Wildlife Foundation and Taita Taveta Conservancies Association, a project on fire management in Kenya, led by PhD student Amos Chege Muthiuru,… Read more In the Media January 24, 2025 In the Media – on the Los Angeles Wildfires of January 2025 Here we provide a collation of media mentions, interviews etc from our Centre members in relation to the LA wildfires of Jan 2025 (this may be… Read more In the Media August 26, 2024 Fire Ecology Chats – Episode 31 with Abi Croker – Changing fire regimes in East and Southern Africa’s savanna Fire Ecology Chats – podcast Episode 31 with Abi Croker Episode 31: Changing fire regimes in East and Southern Africa’s savanna-protected areas: opportunities and challenges for… Read more In the Media October 29, 2022 The Culture File Debate: The Fire This Time (29 Oct 2022) On Samhain Weekend, the Culture File Debate (RTÉ Lyric Fm) takes on the myths and the meanings of fire with Dr Cathy Smith, researcher at the… Read more In the Media August 29, 2022 Good Fire in Guyana with Kayla de Freitas and Nicolas Cyril (29 Aug 2022) Good Fire Podcast by Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff – Stories of Indigenous fire stewardship, cultural and social empowerment, and environmental integrity In this episode,… Read more