News & Media Coverage

August 10, 2022

Please check out my latest interview with New Scientist on extreme fire activity in Alaska. Several of our studies were highlighted to illusrate the enduring and multifaceted consequences of wildfires on high latitude ecosystem.

August 01, 2022

I am excited to share our 2022 AGU Fall Meeting session “GC031 – Dynamic Disturbance Processes in Permafrost Regions”! Welcome to submitting your abstract to this session, and I am looking forward to hearing about your research! See you soon in Chicago!

July 15, 2022

Please check out our article (Divergent shrub-cover responses driven by climate, wildfire, and permafrost interactions in Arctic tundra ecosystems) selected to be featured by Global Change Biology in the Virtual Special Issue: Climate Change and extreme events are changing the biology of Polar Regions!

March 6, 2022

My Ph.D work was featured by Alaska Fire Science Consortium (The Face of a Scientist). Many thanks to Dr. Randi R. Jandt, and all my collaborators that make everything possible!

Feb. 01, 2022

Please check out our latest study on permafrost degradation, featured by Eos – Science News by AGU (More Fires, More Problems)!

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Jan. 04, 2022

Our study was highlighted by Wired Magazine: Wildfires Are Digging Carbon-Spewing Holes in the Arctic!

Dec. 17, 2021

My lastest study of 70 years’ fire-thermokarst interaction was featured by EurekAlert! American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)! Check it out here: Study: Fire hastens permafrost collapse in Arctic tundra!

Dec. 14, 2021

Our study on thermokarst formmation was reported by ScienceDaily: Fire hastens permafrost collapse in Arctic Alaska!

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Dec. 13, 2021

Bloomberg Energy & Science highlighted our recent study on fire-thermokarst interaction: Arctic Fires Are Melting Permafrost That Keeps Carbon Underground!

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Dec. 09, 2021

Please check it out (Fire hastens permafrost collapse in Arctic Alaska), the U. of I. News Bureau highlighted the findings of my 3rd chapter!

Yaping Chen, doctoral student in Prof. Feng Sheng Hu lab

Feb. 21, 2020

My 2nd chapter on improved fire severity mapping in Arctic tundra was highlighted by Alaska Fire Science Consortium (Upgrading Satellite Mapping of Burn Severity)! Glad that my study can help with fire management and mitigation in the vast tundra ecosystem!