Attribution of the Australian bushfire risk to anthropogenic climate change

• Published in: Natural hazards and earth system sciences Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 941 - 960
• Main Authors: van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan, Krikken, Folmer, Lewis, Sophie, Leach, Nicholas J., Lehner, Flavio, Saunders, Kate R., van Weele, Michiel, Haustein, Karsten, Li, Sihan, Wallom, David, Sparrow, Sarah, Arrighi, Julie, Singh, Roop K., van Aalst, Maarten K., Philip, Sjoukje Y., Vautard, Robert, Otto, Friederike E. L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 11.03.2021; Copernicus Publications, EGU; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Antarctic Oscillation; Anthropogenic climate changes; Anthropogenic factors; Atmospheric models; Australia; Climate change; Climate models; Dipoles; Drought; Drying; Ecosystems; Extreme heat; Extreme high temperatures; Extreme weather; Fatalities; Fire weather; Fires; Forest & brush fires; Forest fires; Global temperature changes; Heat; Human influences; Humidity; open climate campaign; Questions; Risk; Seasons; Summer; Temperature extremes; Trends; Vegetation; Vulnerability; Weather; Weather forecasting; Weather index; Wildfires; Australia; Queensland Australia

Disastrous bushfires during the last months of 2019 and January 2020 affected Australia, raising the question to what extent the risk of these fires was exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change. To answer the question for southeastern Australia, where fires were particularly severe, affecting peo...