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NAME:Seminar: How extreme was the 2026 European fire season?
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LOCATION:NU Building and online (Microsoft Teams), 1111, NU 08A46 & Microsoft Teams / IVM, De Boelelaan, 1081 HV, Amsterdam
SUMMARY:Seminar: How extreme was the 2026 European fire season?
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <html> <body> <p><p>Join the ASI Researc
 h Cluster Natural Hazards &amp; Society on 28 October for a seminar w
 ith Max van Gerrevink examining the severity of the 2026 European fir
 e season beyond burned area. The seminar takes place at VU Amsterdam 
 and online, with free lunch for in-person attendees.</p></p> <p>Disco
 ver what made the 2026 European fire season exceptional, from record-
 breaking temperatures and widespread drought to extreme wildfire beha
 viour, and why wildfire severity cannot be measured by burned area al
 one.</p><p>The 2026 European fire season was marked by record-breakin
 g summer temperatures and widespread drought, leaving landscapes unus
 ually dry and highly flammable. These conditions contributed to rapid
  fire spread, more extreme fire behaviour and a total burned area wel
 l above the 20-year average.</p><p>But how extreme was the fire seaso
 n really? In this seminar, Max van Gerrevink will explain why the sev
 erity of wildfires goes beyond the total area burned. He will explore
  how the timing and location of fires, carbon emissions and affected 
 vegetation types contribute to our understanding of wildfire impacts.
 </p><p><strong>About the speaker</strong></p><p><a href="https://vu.n
 l/nl/onderzoek/wetenschappers/max-j-van-gerrevink">Max van Gerrevink 
 </a>is a postdoctoral researcher at WUR and VU Amsterdam. His researc
 h focuses on how changing fire regimes influence northern forests, cl
 imate feedbacks and ecosystem resilience. He combines Earth observati
 on, remote sensing, ecosystem modelling and climate data analysis to 
 investigate the consequences of increasing wildfire activity.</p><p>T
 his seminar is open to researchers, students and colleagues intereste
 d in natural hazards, climate change, wildfires and environmental sci
 ence. No specialist knowledge is required, and everyone interested in
  the topic is welcome to join.</p><p>Participation is free, and <stro
 ng>lunch will be provided</strong> for attendees joining in person.</
 p><p>The seminar will take place at <strong>VU Amsterdam, IVM NU 08A4
 6</strong>, with the option to participate online via Microsoft Teams
 .</p><p>If you are part of the <strong>Green Office or the Institute 
 for Environmental Studies (IVM)</strong>, you may already have receiv
 ed a direct invitation via Microsoft Teams.</p><p><strong>Please make
  sure to register, even if you have already received an invitation.</
 strong> When registering, indicate whether you will attend in person 
 or online, and let us know about any dietary restrictions or allergie
 s. This will help us plan the right amount of lunch and accommodate e
 veryone's dietary needs.</p><p>Participants joining online will recei
 ve a Microsoft Teams link after registration.</p><p><a href="https://
 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf91cv_xcsyIrnvo0YQZbZ9mudguretPmOTm
 V9CvfjoE2i4eQ/viewform" data-new-window="true" target="_blank" rel="n
 oopener noreferrer"><strong>Register for the seminar</strong></a></p>
 <p><strong>About the Research Cluster</strong></p><p>This seminar is 
 organised as part of the <strong>ASI Research Cluster Natural Hazards
  &amp; Society</strong>, involving Marleen de Ruiter, Caroline Jagten
 berg and Elinor Meredith.</p><p>The cluster brings together research 
 exploring natural hazards, their impacts and their interactions with 
 society.</p><p>To learn more about the research conducted within the 
 cluster, explore its activities and recent publications, including a 
 2026 publication by Meredith and colleagues in <em>npj Natural Hazard
 s </em><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s44304-026-00203-w">h
 ere.</a></p><p><a href="https://vu.nl/en/about-vu/research-institutes
 /amsterdam-sustainability-institute/more-about/asi-cluster-natural-ha
 zards-and-society" data-new-window="true" target="_blank" rel="noopen
 er noreferrer">Read more about the ASI Research Cluster Natural Hazar
 ds &amp; Society here.</a></p> </body> </html>
DESCRIPTION: Join the ASI Research Cluster Natural Hazards &amp; Socie
 ty on 28 October for a seminar with Max van Gerrevink examining the s
 everity of the 2026 European fire season beyond burned area. The semi
 nar takes place at VU Amsterdam and online, with free lunch for in-pe
 rson attendees. Discover what made the 2026 European fire season exce
 ptional, from record-breaking temperatures and widespread drought to 
 extreme wildfire behaviour, and why wildfire severity cannot be measu
 red by burned area alone.The 2026 European fire season was marked by 
 record-breaking summer temperatures and widespread drought, leaving l
 andscapes unusually dry and highly flammable. These conditions contri
 buted to rapid fire spread, more extreme fire behaviour and a total b
 urned area well above the 20-year average.But how extreme was the fir
 e season really? In this seminar, Max van Gerrevink will explain why 
 the severity of wildfires goes beyond the total area burned. He will 
 explore how the timing and location of fires, carbon emissions and af
 fected vegetation types contribute to our understanding of wildfire i
 mpacts.<strong>About the speaker</strong><a href="https://vu.nl/nl/on
 derzoek/wetenschappers/max-j-van-gerrevink">Max van Gerrevink </a>is 
 a postdoctoral researcher at WUR and VU Amsterdam. His research focus
 es on how changing fire regimes influence northern forests, climate f
 eedbacks and ecosystem resilience. He combines Earth observation, rem
 ote sensing, ecosystem modelling and climate data analysis to investi
 gate the consequences of increasing wildfire activity.This seminar is
  open to researchers, students and colleagues interested in natural h
 azards, climate change, wildfires and environmental science. No speci
 alist knowledge is required, and everyone interested in the topic is 
 welcome to join.Participation is free, and <strong>lunch will be prov
 ided</strong> for attendees joining in person.The seminar will take p
 lace at <strong>VU Amsterdam, IVM NU 08A46</strong>, with the option 
 to participate online via Microsoft Teams.If you are part of the <str
 ong>Green Office or the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM)</st
 rong>, you may already have received a direct invitation via Microsof
 t Teams.<strong>Please make sure to register, even if you have alread
 y received an invitation.</strong> When registering, indicate whether
  you will attend in person or online, and let us know about any dieta
 ry restrictions or allergies. This will help us plan the right amount
  of lunch and accommodate everyone's dietary needs.Participants joini
 ng online will receive a Microsoft Teams link after registration.<a h
 ref="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf91cv_xcsyIrnvo0YQZbZ9
 mudguretPmOTmV9CvfjoE2i4eQ/viewform" data-new-window="true" target="_
 blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Register for the seminar</st
 rong></a><strong>About the Research Cluster</strong>This seminar is o
 rganised as part of the <strong>ASI Research Cluster Natural Hazards 
 &amp; Society</strong>, involving Marleen de Ruiter, Caroline Jagtenb
 erg and Elinor Meredith.The cluster brings together research explorin
 g natural hazards, their impacts and their interactions with society.
 To learn more about the research conducted within the cluster, explor
 e its activities and recent publications, including a 2026 publicatio
 n by Meredith and colleagues in <em>npj Natural Hazards </em><a href=
 "https://www.nature.com/articles/s44304-026-00203-w">here.</a><a href
 ="https://vu.nl/en/about-vu/research-institutes/amsterdam-sustainabil
 ity-institute/more-about/asi-cluster-natural-hazards-and-society" dat
 a-new-window="true" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read mo
 re about the ASI Research Cluster Natural Hazards &amp; Society here.
 </a>
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