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Advances in AI and machine learning hold tremendous promise to revolutionize how we understand and protect the natural world -- but interdisciplinary collaboration between ecology and AI communities is crucial.

As wildfires intensify and more people move to fire-prone areas, health and forestland experts are searching for ways to protect people from breathing in smoke. Collaboration is key.

More people are being exposed to dangerous wildfire smoke from increasingly severe wildfires in the Western US. As forest managers move from 100% fire suppression to mixed management techniques, including prescribed fires, recent research explores the efficacy and tradeoffs of alternate fire management techniques at protecting both forest and human health.

The main driver of biodiversity loss is land conversion, so one solution is to protect land in a range of ways, from creating nature preserves to establishing policies to stop deforestation. But now climate change is amplifying the problem and complicating the solution.

The climate crisis and biodiversity loss are deeply interwoven, but too often considered separately from one another. Recent research demonstrates the value of a more integrated approach to biodiversity and climate change science and solutions.