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The influence of leaf morphology on litter flammability and its utility for interpreting palaeofire by Belcher, Claire M.

“…Studies of palaeofire rely on quantifying the abundance of fossil charcoals in sediments to estimate changes in fire activity. However, gaining an…”
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Changes to Cretaceous surface fire behaviour influenced the spread of the early angiosperms by Belcher, Claire M., Hudspith, Victoria A.

“…Angiosperms evolved and diversified during the Cretaceous period. Early angiosperms were short-stature weedy plants thought to have increased fire frequency…”
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What do you mean, ‘megafire’? by Linley, Grant D., Jolly, Chris J., Doherty, Tim S., Geary, William L., Armenteras, Dolors, Belcher, Claire M., Bliege Bird, Rebecca, Duane, Andrea, Fletcher, Michael‐Shawn, Giorgis, Melisa A., Haslem, Angie, Jones, Gavin M., Kelly, Luke T., Lee, Calvin K. F., Nolan, Rachael H., Parr, Catherine L., Pausas, Juli G., Price, Jodi N., Regos, Adrián, Ritchie, Euan G., Ruffault, Julien, Williamson, Grant J., Wu, Qianhan, Nimmo, Dale G., Poulter, Benjamin

“…Background ‘Megafire’ is an emerging concept commonly used to describe fires that are extreme in terms of size, behaviour, and/or impacts, but the term’s…”
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Fire-adapted traits of Pinus arose in the fiery Cretaceous by He, Tianhua, Pausas, Juli G., Belcher, Claire M., Schwilk, Dylan W., Lamont, Byron B.

“…The mapping of functional traits onto chronograms is an emerging approach for the identification of how agents of natural selection have shaped the evolution…”
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Increased fire activity under high atmospheric oxygen concentrations is compatible with the presence of forests by Vitali, Rayanne, Belcher, Claire M., Kaplan, Jed O., Watson, Andrew J.

“…Throughout Earth’s history, the abundance of oxygen in our atmosphere has varied, but by how much remains debated. Previously, an upper limit for atmospheric…”
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Charcoal reflectance reveals early holocene boreal deciduous forests burned at high intensities by Hudspith, Victoria A, Belcher, Claire M, Kelly, Ryan, Hu, Feng Sheng

“…Wildfire size, frequency, and severity are increasing in the Alaskan boreal forest in response to climate warming. One of the potential impacts of this…”
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Charcoal evidence that rising atmospheric oxygen terminated Early Jurassic ocean anoxia by Baker, Sarah J., Hesselbo, Stephen P., Lenton, Timothy M., Duarte, Luís V., Belcher, Claire M.

“…The Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE) was characterized by a major disturbance to the global carbon(C)-cycle, and depleted oxygen in Earth’s oceans…”
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Increased atmospheric SO₂ detected from changes in leaf physiognomy across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary interval of East Greenland by Bacon, Karen L, Belcher, Claire M, Haworth, Matthew, McElwain, Jennifer C

“…The Triassic-Jurassic boundary (Tr-J; ∼201 Ma) is marked by a doubling in the concentration of atmospheric CO2, rising temperatures, and ecosystem instability…”
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The rise of angiosperms strengthened fire feedbacks and improved the regulation of atmospheric oxygen by Belcher, Claire M., Mills, Benjamin J. W., Vitali, Rayanne, Baker, Sarah J., Lenton, Timothy M., Watson, Andrew J.

“…The source of oxygen to Earth’s atmosphere is organic carbon burial, whilst the main sink is oxidative weathering of fossil carbon. However, this sink is to…”
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350‐million‐year legacy of fire adaptation among conifers by He, Tianhua, Belcher, Claire M, Lamont, Byron B, Lim, Sim L, McGlone, Matt

“…Current phylogenetic evidence shows that fire began shaping the evolution of land plants 125 Ma, although the fossil charcoal record indicates that fire has a…”
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CO2‐induced biochemical changes in leaf volatiles decreased fire‐intensity in the run‐up to the Triassic–Jurassic boundary by Baker, Sarah J., Dewhirst, Rebecca A., McElwain, Jennifer C., Haworth, Matthew, Belcher, Claire M.

“…Summary The Triassic–Jurassic boundary marks the third largest mass extinction event in the Phanerozoic, characterized by a rise in CO2‐concentrations from c…”
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Fire Phenomena and the Earth System: An Interdisciplinary Guide to Fire Science by Belcher, Claire M

“…Fire plays a key role in Earth system processes. Wildfires influence the carbon cycle and the nutrient balance of our planet, and may even play a role in…”
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Australian wildfires cause the largest stratospheric warming since Pinatubo and extends the lifetime of the Antarctic ozone hole by Damany-Pearce, Lilly, Johnson, Ben, Wells, Alice, Osborne, Martin, Allan, James, Belcher, Claire, Jones, Andy, Haywood, Jim

“…Global mean lower stratosphere temperatures rose abruptly in January 2020 reaching values not experienced since the early 1990s. Anomalously high lower…”
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Determinants of flammability in savanna grass species by Simpson, Kimberley J, Ripley, Brad S, Christin, Pascal‐Antoine, Belcher, Claire M, Lehmann, Caroline E. R, Thomas, Gavin H, Osborne, Colin P, Cornelissen, Hans

“…Tropical grasses fuel the majority of fires on Earth. In fire‐prone landscapes, enhanced flammability may be adaptive for grasses via the maintenance of an…”
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Baseline intrinsic flammability of Earth's ecosystems estimated from paleoatmospheric oxygen over the past 350 million years by Belcher, Claire M., Yearsley, Jonathan M., Hadden, Rory M., McElwain, Jennifer C., Rein, Guillermo, Turekian, Karl K.

“…Atmospheric oxygen (O₂) is estimated to have varied greatly throughout Earth's history and has been capable of influencing wildfire activity wherever fuel and…”
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Effects of spatial heterogeneity in moisture content on the horizontal spread of peat fires by Prat-Guitart, Nuria, Rein, Guillermo, Hadden, Rory M., Belcher, Claire M., Yearsley, Jon M.

“…The gravimetric moisture content of peat is the main factor limiting the ignition and spread propagation of smouldering fires. Our aim is to use controlled…”
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CO 2 -induced biochemical changes in leaf volatiles decreased fire-intensity in the run-up to the Triassic-Jurassic boundary by Baker, Sarah J, Dewhirst, Rebecca A, McElwain, Jennifer C, Haworth, Matthew, Belcher, Claire M

“…The Triassic-Jurassic Boundary marks the third largest mass extinction event in the Phanerozoic, characterised by a rise in CO -concentrations from ~600 ppm to…”
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Volumetric measurement of fossil charcoal: Principles, applications and potential by Crawford, Alastair J, Belcher, Claire M

“…Quantifying sedimentary charcoal content by estimation of volume from two-dimensional images is a relatively new and little-used method, but has the potential…”
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Smouldering fire signatures in peat and their implications for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions by Zaccone, Claudio, Rein, Guillermo, D’Orazio, Valeria, Hadden, Rory M., Belcher, Claire M., Miano, Teodoro M.

“…Peatland ecosystems are valued as natural archives of past climatic and vegetation changes and as such their study is essential for palaeoenvironmental…”
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Tropical peat composition may provide a negative feedback on fire occurrence and severity by Crawford, Alastair J., Belcher, Claire M., New, Stacey, Gallego-Sala, Angela, Swindles, Graeme T., Page, Susan, Blyakharchuk, Tatiana A., Cadillo-Quiroz, Hinsby, Charman, Dan J., Gałka, Mariusz, Hughes, Paul D. M., Lähteenoja, Outi, Mauquoy, Dmitri, Roland, Thomas P., Väliranta, Minna

“…Loss of peat through increased burning will have major impacts on the global carbon cycle. In a normal hydrological state, the risk of fire propagation is…”
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