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Mar 30, 2025

Why Scientists Are Worried About Weasels

Morning AgClips
“We’re a little worried about the weasels,” said Roland Kays, a research professor at North Carolina State University.

Mar 28, 2025

Western NC Wildfires Show the Need To Do More To Meet Threats From Climate Change

Charlotte Observer
“Every fire season is unique, yet I believe it was inevitable that we would eventually have a dry spring aligned with Hurricane Helene debris,” said Robert Scheller, a forestry professor at NC State University.

Mar 28, 2025

Wildfires Keep Burning Across the South: When Will They Stop?

USA Today
"For a fire to become large enough to be a substantial threat, it requires the right combination of fuels (dried vegetation and dead leaves, needles, twigs, at the ground level), weather (dry and windy), and ignition," said NC State professor Robert Scheller.

Mar 27, 2025

Southern Appalachia’s Future — and Present — Involve Wildfires

NPR
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Robert Scheller, landscape ecology professor at North Carolina State University, about the increasing risk for wildfires in southeast and southern Appalachian regions.

Mar 26, 2025

Here’s Where Americans Are Increasingly At Risk For wildfires

The Washington Post
Robert Scheller, a professor of landscape ecology at North Carolina State University, said that when it comes to judging a fires’ impact, “it’s more than just the acreage burned, but also, what is the density of humans on the acreage burned.”

Mar 26, 2025

Wildfires Threaten North Carolina and South Carolina Areas Still Recovering From Hurricane

The Guardian
Dry weather and millions of trees knocked down by Hurricane Helene last year are creating a long and active fire season in the Carolinas, according to North Carolina State University professor Robert Scheller.

Mar 25, 2025

Wildfires In North and South Carolina Fueled By Drought, Wind and Fallen Trees From Hurricane Helene

AP News
“Helene just dropped tons of fuel on the ground,” NC State professor Robert Scheller said. “Then these flash droughts allow that fuel to dry out very fast.”

Mar 25, 2025

Firefighters in the Carolinas Battle Multiple Wildfires as New Jersey Crews Contain a Forest Blaze

The Palladium-Times
NC State professor Robert Scheller Scheller predicted this busy fire season if the region saw dry weather following Helene.

Mar 24, 2025

Evacuations Issued As Six Wildfires Stretch Across Upstate, Western NC

FOX Carolina
Dry weather and millions of trees knocked down by Hurricane Helene last year are creating a long and active fire season in the Carolinas, according to NC State professor Robert Scheller.

Mar 24, 2025

Fires Are Raging Across North and South Carolina — and the Coming Weather Could Make Them Worse

Fast Company
Millions of trees knocked down by Hurricane Helene last year combined with long stretches of dry weather this spring are making for a long and active fire season in the Carolinas, North Carolina State University professor Robert Scheller said.