ForestSat Research Library

Comprehensive Wildfire Research,
Open to All

ForestSat has compiled the most comprehensive open-access wildfire research library available — drawing on government data, peer-reviewed science, insurance industry reports, and forest science research. Every dataset that informed the ForestSat platform, documented and cited.

🔥 Risk Forecast
💰 Insurance
🚒 Suppression Costs
🌿 Wildlife
🌫️ Smoke & Emissions
🇺🇸 US Fires
🇪🇺 Mediterranean

Featured Research

The Rising Risk of Fire:
Global Forecast 2025–2100

The most comprehensive wildfire risk projection report available — drawing on 40+ peer-reviewed studies, government climate reports, and satellite observation data. Country-by-country projections, US state-by-state risk, fire danger indices, and full bibliography.
+50% Global Extreme Fire by 2100
×10 Mediterranean by 2100
+60% India Severe Fire Days
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UNEP 2022 — +14% by 2030, +30% by 2050, +50% by 2100 in global extreme fire events

El Garroussi et al., npj 2024 — Europe faces up to tenfold increase in extreme fire probability by 2100
Chaturvedi et al., Nature 2023 — +60% severe fire weather days in Indian dry forests under climate change
Ruffault et al., Nat. Climate Change 2025 — 83.9% of wildfire-vulnerable species facing higher risk under SSP2-4.5

All Research Reports

Seven Major Research Reports

Insurance
2015–2025

Wildfires & Insurance

Claims, payouts, premiums and the changing landscape of wildfire insurance. 25 fire insurance records. Utility liability special feature (PG&E, PacifiCorp, Hawaiian Electric). Market crisis analysis. Protection gap data.

📊 25 fire records

🏢 8 insurer profiles

⚡ 5 utility cases

Swiss Re · Munich Re · PG&E SEC · CDI

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Suppression Costs
2015–2025

Wildfire Suppression Cost & Budget

The escalating price of fighting fires. 40 fire suppression records across US, Canada, Australia and Europe. Equipment cost cards, 10-year budget trend, personnel data. $637.4M Dixie Fire record.

🔥 40 fire records
🚁 12 equipment cards
💰 12 budget cards
NIFC · USFS · CalFire · CIFFC · NEMA
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Wildlife & Biodiversity
2015–2025

Wildfires & Wildlife

Biodiversity, endangered species and extinction-level events. 26 species profiles with photographs. 3 billion animals harmed in Australia’s Black Summer. 93–95% of Amazon species affected. 10 fire-species impact events.
🐨 26 species with photos
🌍 Global coverage
WWF · IUCN · PNAS · Nature · Zoos Victoria
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Smoke & Emissions
2015–2025

Wildfire Smoke & Emissions

26 species profiles with photos. 3B animals — Black Summer. 93–95% Amazon species affected.
🌫️ 14 fire emission records
🛰️ 12 monitoring portals
CAMS/ECMWF · GFAS · GFED · NASA FIRMS
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US Wildfires
2015–2025

US Wildfires 2015–2025

Carbon emissions, smoke health impacts. 82,100 premature deaths — Canada 2023.
🇺🇸 All major US fires
📊 Full data compilation
NIFC · USFS · BLM · CalFire · NOAA
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Mediterranean
2015–2025

Mediterranean Wildfires 2015–2025

17 European fire events. Portugal, Spain, Greece, France, Italy, Cyprus. EU Civil Protection data.
🇪🇺 17 European fire events
🏛️ 5 protected areas
EFFIS · JRC · EU Civil Protection · EEA
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Megawildfires Book Series

The Science Behind the Platform

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MEGAWILDFIRES — Ten Megafires

Forensic investigation from space: warning signs years in advance. Satellite EO analysis of 10 major megafire events.
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MEGAWILDFIRES — Satellite EO & Forest Science

Technical guide to wildfire susceptibility analysis using satellite Earth Observation data.
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MEGAWILDFIRES — Cyprus, A Paradise in Peril

Satellite data-driven assessment of wildfire threat to Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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MEGAWILDFIRES — Limassol 2025 Wildfire

GIS and satellite investigation of risk and impact. Most recent forensic wildfire investigation.
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