GCD v2 – International Paleofire Network

The future of the Global Paleofire Database

By Elisabeth Dietze November 24, 2022Blog, GCD v1, GCD v2, GCD v3No Comments

Dear (future) authors and contributors of the Global Paleofire Database, The International Paleofire Network (IPN) would like to thank you for sharing your paleofire records with the larger community. We…

A 21 000-Year History of Fire (Power, 2013)

By admin November 16, 2013Analyses, GCD v2

This chapter provides a global perspective on palaeofire activity through the analysis of over 650 stratigraphic sedimentary charcoal records spanning the last 21000 years. Regional time series analysis provides empirical…

Predictability of biomass burning in response to climate changes (Daniau et al. 2012)

By admin November 16, 2012Analyses, GCD v2

Climate is an important control on biomass burning, but the sensitivity of fire to changes in temperature and moisture balance has not been quantified. We analyze sedimentary charcoal records to…

Fire in the earth system (Harrison 2010)

By admin November 16, 2010Analyses, GCD v2

Fire is an important component of the Earth System that is tightly coupled with climate, vegetation, biogeochemical cycles, and human activities. Observations of how fire regimes change on seasonal to…

Fire regimes during the Last Glacial (Daniau 2010)

By admin November 16, 2010Analyses, GCD v2

Sedimentary charcoal records document changes in fire regime.We have identified 67 sites (30 sites with better than millennial resolution) which have records for some part of the Last Glacial to…