Multi-decadal increase of forest burned area in Australia is linked to climate change

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 6921 - 11
• Main Authors: Canadell, Josep G., Meyer, C. P. (Mick), Cook, Garry D., Dowdy, Andrew, Briggs, Peter R., Knauer, Jürgen, Pepler, Acacia, Haverd, Vanessa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 26.11.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/172; 704/172/4081; Anthropogenic factors; Climate change; Climate variability; Forest fires; Forests; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Risk analysis; Risk factors; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Thunderstorms; Weather; Wildfires; Australia

Fire activity in Australia is strongly affected by high inter-annual climate variability and extremes. Through changes in the climate, anthropogenic climate change has the potential to alter fire dynamics. Here we compile satellite (19 and 32 years) and ground-based (90 years) burned area datasets,...