• Welcome to the Pyrocene: Living with Fire in a Changing World

    Since 2023, global fires have intensified and are even reshaping the earth’s ecological landscape to some extent. The Canadian forest fire is one of the most representative fire events. In addition, the Maui fire in Hawaii, large-scale fires in the Pantanal wetland in western Brazil, and forest fires in Greece… have turned 2023 into an unusual “fire year.” Stephen Pine, an emeritus professor at Arizona State University who specializes in environmental history, believes that humans have entered the “Pyrocene”. Nature that “walks with fire” Today, with frequent fires, the plants in nature are most affected. However, plants are much more tolerant of fire than we think. Charcoal fossils 400 million…

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