Converting tropical forests to agriculture increases fire risk by fourfold

Converting tropical forests to agriculture increases fire risk by fourfold

Deforestation exacerbates climate change through greenhouse gas emissions, but other climatic alterations linked to the local biophysical changes from deforestation remain poorly understood. Here, we assess the impact of tropical deforestation on fire weather risk—defined as the climate conditions c...

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Main Authors:	Ralph Trancoso, Jozef Syktus, Alvaro Salazar, Marcus Thatcher, Nathan Toombs, Kenneth Koon-Ho Wong, Erik Meijaard, Douglas Sheil, Clive A McAlpine
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:	Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:	convection-permitting fire risk climate modelling deforestation climate extremes fire weather
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8f5c

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