Global and regional trends and drivers of fire under climate change

MW Jones, JT Abatzoglou, S Veraverbeke… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent wildfire outbreaks around the world have prompted concern that climate change is
increasing fire incidence, threatening human livelihood and biodiversity, and perpetuating …

Wildland fire risk research in Canada

LM Johnston, X Wang, S Erni, SW Taylor… - Environmental …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
Despite increasing concern about wildland fire risk in Canada, there is little synthesis of
knowledge that could contribute to the development of a comprehensive risk framework for a …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme weather impacts of climate change: an attribution perspective

B Clarke, F Otto, R Stuart-Smith… - Environmental Research …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Extreme event attribution aims to elucidate the link between global climate change, extreme
weather events, and the harms experienced on the ground by people, property, and nature …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change is increasing the likelihood of extreme autumn wildfire conditions across California

M Goss, DL Swain, JT Abatzoglou… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
California has experienced devastating autumn wildfires in recent years. These autumn
wildfires have coincided with extreme fire weather conditions during periods of strong …

Global emergence of anthropogenic climate change in fire weather indices

JT Abatzoglou, AP Williams… - Geophysical Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Changes in global fire activity are influenced by a multitude of factors including land‐
cover change, policies, and climatic conditions. This study uses 17 climate models to …

Fire-regime changes in Canada over the last half century

CC Hanes, X Wang, P Jain, MA Parisien… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
Contemporary fire regimes of Canadian forests have been well documented based on forest
fire records between the late 1950s to 1990s. Due to known limitations of fire datasets, an …

Climate change increases risk of extreme rainfall following wildfire in the western United States

D Touma, S Stevenson, DL Swain, D Singh… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Post-wildfire extreme rainfall events can have destructive impacts in the western United
States. Using two climate model large ensembles, we assess the future risk of extreme fire …

Attribution of the influence of human‐induced climate change on an extreme fire season

MC Kirchmeier‐Young, NP Gillett, FW Zwiers… - Earth's …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A record 1.2 million ha burned in British Columbia, Canada's extreme wildfire season of
2017. Key factors in this unprecedented event were the extreme warm and dry conditions …

Scientists' warning on wildfire—a Canadian perspective

SCP Coogan, FN Robinne, P Jain… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
Recently, the World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: a Second Notice was issued in
response to ongoing and largely unabated environmental degradation due to anthropogenic …

[HTML][HTML] Human-driven greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions cause distinct regional impacts on extreme fire weather

D Touma, S Stevenson, F Lehner, S Coats - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Attribution studies have identified a robust anthropogenic fingerprint in increased 21st
century wildfire risk. However, the risks associated with individual aspects of anthropogenic …