Selected press & media
Lightning fires threaten planet-cooling forests. BBC, November 2023
The ancient subarctic forests at risk from climate change and war. Financial Times, September 2022
Why Arctic wildfires are releasing more carbon than ever. Reuters, September 2022
Russia's war in Ukraine forces Arctic climate project to pivot. Nature, July 2022
The great Siberian thaw. The New Yorker, January 2022
The ‘zombie’ fires that keep burning under snow-covered forests. Nature podcast, May 2021
Blazes that refuse to die: ‘zombie fires’. New York Times, May 2021
‘Zombie’ fires in the Arctic are linked to climate change. National Geographic, May 2021
Worsening wildfires spark photonics demand and innovations. Photonics spectra, April 2021
Is lightning striking the Arctic more than ever before? Nature, December 2020
The rise of zombie fires. EOS, June 2020
Lightning is silently killing forests – and it's going to get worse. New Scientist, June 2020
'Zombie' fires might be reigniting after Siberian winter. E&E News, June 2020
Climate change made the Arctic greener. Now parts of it are turning brown, Science News, April 2019
Lightning-caused fires on the rise in the world's largest forest, National Geographic, June 2017
Lightning-caused fires rise in Arctic as regions warms, Scientific American, June 2017
Satellite images show how wildfires have devastated Alaska, Time, September 2015
In Dutch
Sander Veraverbeke doet onderzoek naar natuurbranden, Met Het Oog Op Morgen NPO Radio 1, juli 2023
Bosbranden verwoesten nu al fors meer Europese natuur dan in heel 2021, NOS, July 2022
Opwarming leidt tot meer ‘zombie-branden’ in Noordpoolgebied, National Geographic, May 2021
Zombiebranden overleven onder winters sneeuwdek, NRC Handelsblad, May 2021
Bosbranden die een winterslaap houden, Wetenschap vandaag BNR Nieuwsradio, May 2021
Onweer in het Noordpoolgebied wordt steeds minder zeldzaam, National Geographic, April 2021
Hoe kunnen we de branden temmen?, Bureau Buitenland NPO Radio 1, September 2020
Temperaturen Siberië stijgen snel, De Ochtendspits BNR Nieuwsradio, June 2020
Interview about fires in Siberia, NOS Nieuwsuur, July 2019
Steeds vaker bosbranden op de poolcirkel, De Ochtendspits BNR Nieuwsradio, July 2019
Vlucht naar waar het vuur al was, NRC Handelsblad, July 2018
De ongelijke strijd tegen bliksem, Het Parool, March 2018
Discussion of the 2017 fires in Southern California, RTL Boulevard, December 2017
Brand bij de Poolcirkel, Met Het Oog Op Morgen NPO Radio 1, August 2017
Discussion of the 2017 fire season in southern Europe, RTL Summer Night, July 2017
Grotere kans op bosbranden, Radio Een Vandaag, June 2017
Bliksem ontsteekt branden in noordelijke bossen, NRC, June 2017
We worked together with artist Udo Prinsen in making long exposure photographs from our field sites.
