{"id":1330,"date":"2026-09-03T10:47:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/?page_id=1330"},"modified":"2026-09-16T10:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:36:27","slug":"wildfire-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wildfire-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfire research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-left\" style=\"min-height:60vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><video class=\"wp-block-cover__video-background intrinsic-ignore\" autoplay muted loop playsinline src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/wildfire-video.mp4\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/wildfire-still.avif\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"><\/video><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#FFF\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-639b5052 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100vh;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d6b9ab57 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:100vh\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group padded has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#333332ad\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\" id=\"h-wildfires-have-become-part-of-our-lives\">Wildfires have become part of our lives <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">Whether they have read the headlines about regions devastated  by fire, stayed inside to avoid smoke, or noticed changes in the sky, this generation of students is witnessing the impacts. Wildfires are reshaping landscapes, communities, markets, and affecting the air we breathe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"is-style-intro double-bottom-margin\">At Clark students work side-by-side with faculty mentors on research that helps us better understand fires and decide how to act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"double-bottom-margin is-style-default\">Classes venture into conservation areas and burned forests with faculty to examine burn scars on trees and record their observations. They work with communities to monitor tree health and use satellite data to track and predict future wildfires.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull padded has-white-color has-true-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-66804e2e58f2dd7dac128f69f6cb3c0c is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-dark-yellow)\" class=\"eyebrow has-text-align-left\">In the field<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-it-s-like-to-study-a-forest-after-a-fire\">What it\u2019s like to study a forest after a fire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-115-1024x683.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-115-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-115-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-115-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-115-1536x1024.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-115-2048x1366.avif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-50-1024x683.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-50-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-50-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-50-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-50-1536x1024.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-50-2048x1366.avif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-105-1024x683.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-105-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-105-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-105-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-105-1536x1024.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Field-Methods-105-2048x1366.avif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Every fall, geography professor, Dominik Kulakowski teaches a field methods seminar that brings students into the Massachusetts woodlands to learn basic observation exercises and data collection techniques. Students investigated Spenser State Forest and Mount Pisgah Conservation Area in Northborough \u2014 both post-fire landscapes \u2014 to study cambium mortality in burned trees. Cambium is the thin layer just under the bark that carries water and nutrients up the trunk \u2014 enough damage there, and the tree dies. The group tested a faster, less invasive way to measure that damage, developed for Western wildfires, to see if it holds up in New England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns flairousel is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1338 size-large\" alt=\"Professor Dominik Kulakowski explains a detail to the class while holding a cross section of a small tree.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-35-1024x683.avif\" style=\"object-position:49% 40%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"49% 40%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-35-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-35-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-35-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-35-1536x1024.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-35-2048x1366.avif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#8d7b78\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1357 size-large\" alt=\"Cross section of an old tree from Dominik Kulakowski's lab, with markers showing the events at some of the rings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Kulakowski-tree-rings-054-1024x683.avif\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Kulakowski-tree-rings-054-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Kulakowski-tree-rings-054-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Kulakowski-tree-rings-054-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Kulakowski-tree-rings-054-1536x1024.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Kulakowski-tree-rings-054-2048x1366.avif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#aa7d52\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1358 size-large\" alt=\"A graduate student and undergraduates examine a small cross section of a tree in Dominik Kulikowski's lab.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-38-1024x683.avif\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-38-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-38-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-38-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-38-1536x1024.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-38-2048x1366.avif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#988376\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1362 size-large\" alt=\"Graduate and undergraduate student examine a small cross section of a tree in through a microscope in Dominik Kulikowski's lab.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-30-1024x683.avif\" style=\"object-position:63% 20%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"63% 20%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-30-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-30-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-30-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-30-1536x1024.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Tree-Ring-Lab-30-2048x1366.avif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#8f7767\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Kulakowski, who has testified before Congress on climate-driven disturbance, pairs ground observations with GIS and satellite data in his own research. &#8220;Field-based observations are essential for knowing what we&#8217;re seeing in our remotely sensed imagery,&#8221; he says. &#8220;To develop sound policy, we need a grasp of the underlying science, too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"h-explore-programs\">Explore programs<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"programs-search\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-block-group-is-layout-grid clarku-post-filter-grid programs fourths\">\t\n \n <div class=\"clarku-card-wrapper\"   >\n\t<a class=\"clarku-block-card is-style-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/?p=863\">\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/water-in-the-city-1340x7-1-300x168.jpg\" class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full clarku-block-card-img-threebytwo has-aspect-3x2 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Students visit a dam in Worcester to study water\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/water-in-the-city-1340x7-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/water-in-the-city-1340x7-1-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/water-in-the-city-1340x7-1-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/water-in-the-city-1340x7-1.jpg 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t<div class=\"program-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Climate, Environment, and Society, B.A.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n \n <div class=\"clarku-card-wrapper\"   >\n\t<a class=\"clarku-block-card is-style-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/?p=8655\">\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Env-humanities-kickoff-300x200.jpg\" class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full clarku-block-card-img-threebytwo has-aspect-3x2 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Environmental humanities program directors gather with students at the launch event of the School of Climate, Environment, and Society\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Env-humanities-kickoff-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Env-humanities-kickoff-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Env-humanities-kickoff-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Env-humanities-kickoff-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Env-humanities-kickoff.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t<div class=\"program-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Environmental Humanities Concentration<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n \n <div class=\"clarku-card-wrapper\"   >\n\t<a class=\"clarku-block-card is-style-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/?p=304\">\n\t\t<div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/geography-major-880x550-1-300x188.jpg\" class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full clarku-block-card-img-threebytwo has-aspect-3x2 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Geography student looking over GIS maps\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/geography-major-880x550-1-300x188.jpg 300w, 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class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-an-advanced-degree-within-reach\">An advanced degree within reach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The 4+1 Accelerated Master\u2019s provides an opportunity to earn a pathway to a master\u2019s degree \u2014 with one year of additional study and available tuition scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fc4fd283 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-dark-teal-color has-text-color has-link-color has-text-align-left wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/41-accelerated-masters-degree\/\">How it works<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clark&#8217;s accelerated GIS master&#8217;s pairs internationally recognized geospatial research with real-world work for communities, nonprofits, government, and industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide padded has-white-color has-gray-600-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-c4ffe496e55f75662674fad980de805b is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-multidisciplinary-perspective\">Multidisciplinary perspective<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark students draw from a solid foundation across a broad range of disciplines \u2014 literature, economics, philosophy, visual culture, and psychology \u2014 as they consider how they want to contribute<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-dark-yellow)\" class=\"eyebrow has-text-align-left\">Psychology<\/div>\n\n\n<iframe title=\"podcast\" allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"175\" style=\"border:0;width:100%;max-width:720px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/disaster-mental-health-and-professor-wendy-grolnick\/id1805161074?i=1000701244518&amp;theme=auto\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Building on decades of research on children and families, psychology professor Wendy Grolnick contributes to communities in the aftermath of a disaster. In this episode of Challenge. Change. podcast, she describes the disaster response work she does through the American Red Cross.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-dark-yellow)\" class=\"eyebrow has-text-align-left\">Environmental humanities<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/French-Class-33.avif\" alt=\"French professor Odile Ferly leads a class discussion.\" class=\"wp-image-1372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/French-Class-33.avif 800w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/French-Class-33-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/French-Class-33-768x512.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>French professor Odile Ferly&#8217;s course,&nbsp;<em>Decolonial Ecologies in the Caribbean<\/em>, focuses on literature and film and the human response to environmental change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-dark-yellow)\" class=\"eyebrow has-text-align-left\">Environmental humanities<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Environmental-Humanities-Panel-9.avif\" alt=\"Stephen Levin leads a panel discussion on the environmental humanities.\" class=\"wp-image-1371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Environmental-Humanities-Panel-9.avif 800w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Environmental-Humanities-Panel-9-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Environmental-Humanities-Panel-9-768x512.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>English professor Stephen Levin&#8217;s course,&nbsp;<em>Ecofictions<\/em>, pairs Thoreau and Amitav Ghosh with discussions of current climate events, asking what it means to be human on a changing planet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-true-black-color has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-e508927787ca4ee20fd8e9d4ce628599 is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-dark-orange)\" class=\"eyebrow has-text-align-left\">Geography<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-do-carbon-markets-add-up\">Do carbon markets add up?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Christopher Williams co-authored a 2026&nbsp;<em>Nature<\/em>&nbsp;study: climate change now puts a third of the continental U.S. at wildfire-driven carbon-loss risk, up from 10%. The financial reserves meant to cover that? Too small \u2014 \u201cpotentially by several-fold.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-true-black-color has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-18c92f35f8547d58cac9cc9027bb4a2c is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-dark-orange)\" class=\"eyebrow has-text-align-left\">Geospatial analytics<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-can-ai-spot-fires-from-space\">Can AI spot fires from space?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamed Alemohammad and his team at the Center for Geospatial Analytics built the first geospatial AI foundation model with NASA and IBM \u2014 tuned to map wildfire burn scars. The model is 15% more accurate and requires less training data than previous tools.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-true-black-color has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-e942a7ee59d1361cded02c950b8c8fd6 is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-dark-orange)\" class=\"eyebrow has-text-align-left\">Geography<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-breathes-the-smoke\">Who breathes the smoke?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Florencia Sangermano&#8217;s research: fire particulates travel 300+ miles. Protecting Indigenous Amazon land could prevent 15 million respiratory and cardiovascular cases. In 2025, one Brazilian territory lost 99.7% of its forest to fire alone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-left\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1400 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Environmental-Humanities-39-1024x683.avif\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Environmental-Humanities-39-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Environmental-Humanities-39-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Environmental-Humanities-39-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Environmental-Humanities-39-1536x1025.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/Environmental-Humanities-39.avif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim wp-block-cover__gradient-background has-background-gradient has-gradient-2-gradient-background\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left is-style-intro has-medium-font-size\" style=\"padding-bottom:0\">Clark\u2019s climate research spans the natural sciences, social science, and humanities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left arrow has-white-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/\">Explore the School of Climate, Environment, and Society. <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top is-style-panel has-true-black-color has-gray-100-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-fd7a7bf92fb95a3fb7f37d89c6d6497f\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023-Maui-fire-damage-1024x611.avif\" alt=\"Maui fire damage, August 2023\" class=\"wp-image-1384 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023-Maui-fire-damage-1024x611.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023-Maui-fire-damage-300x179.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023-Maui-fire-damage-768x458.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/explore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2023-Maui-fire-damage.avif 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-dark-orange)\" class=\"eyebrow has-text-align-left\">Geography<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-are-wildfires-connected-to-climate-nbsp-change\">How are wildfires connected to climate&nbsp;change?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Geography Professor Abby Frazier was a lead author on Hawai\u2018i and Pacific Islands to the U.S. government&#8217;s Fifth National Climate Assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cClimate change continues to threaten things we care about,\u201d she says. \u201cAs the devastating hurricane-fueled wildfires on Maui and Typhoon Mawar in Guam made clear, when communities are already hurting from stressors like COVID-19, extreme weather can multiply harms.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-element-caption\">As the fires swept through Lahaina in Maui in August, 2023, journalists from&nbsp;CNN&nbsp;and&nbsp;Anderson Cooper 360, the&nbsp;New York Times, the&nbsp;Los Angeles Times,&nbsp;Washington Post, BBC Radio, and other outlets reached out to Frazier about whether climate change was to blame for the Maui inferno. \u201cThere\u2019s likely a climate change signal in everything we see,\u201d she told the New York Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"padded\">\u201cThe sooner we scale up global action to curb threats from climate change, the better. Fortunately, cutting emissions or preparing for new extremes also creates&nbsp;immediate local benefits \u2014 improved health, a stronger economy, and more resilient communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Abby Frazier<br>Geography professor<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-in-the-news\">In the news<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark faculty are often the first call for news media and policy makers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/native-hawaiians-fighting-control-maui-water-rights-wildfire-cleanup\/story?id=105356097%20\"\n    >\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n<div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow has-text-align-left\">ABC NEWS<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Abby Frazier on the role invasive grasses play in the rapid spread of wildfire.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/eos.org\/articles\/alaskas-wildfires-heat-the-planet-but-canadas-cool-it\"\n    >\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n<div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow has-text-align-left\">EOS.org<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Christopher Williams: climate studies highlight the complexity of fires.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2026\/06\/fire-surge-threatens-indigenous-livelihoods-and-isolated-peoples-in-brazil\/\"\n    >\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n<div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow has-text-align-left\">USA today<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor John Rogan on why wildfire season is already off to a dangerous start<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Clark students work side-by-side with faculty mentors on research that helps us better understand fires and decide how to act. 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