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Apr 2, 2025

Why the Southeast Has Become More Of A Wildfire Hotspot

WUNC
Due South's Jeff Tiberii talks with Robert Scheller, professor of landscape ecology in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University, about why wildfires are becoming more common in our state and the Southeast — and what the future might hold.

Mar 30, 2025

5 Innovative Ways Sports Organizations Are Tackling Waste

Forbes
“I see sports as a highly effective platform to promote waste reduction, reuse, and recovery efforts,” said Jonathan Casper, associate professor and sport management program coordinator at North Carolina State University.

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.