Anthropogenic climate change contribution to wildfire-prone weather conditions in the Cerrado and Arc of deforestation

Anthropogenic climate change contribution to wildfire-prone weather conditions in the Cerrado and Arc of deforestation

2015 saw the strongest El Niño event in the historical record, resulting in extreme drought conditions in Brazil. As drought conditions may also lead to greater fire danger, this study uses the 2015 fire in Brazil as a case study to examine whether and to what extent human-induced climate change has...

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Main Authors: Sihan Li, Sarah N Sparrow, Friederike E L Otto, Sami W Rifai, Imma Oliveras, Folmer Krikken, Liana O Anderson, Yadvinder Malhi, David Wallom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2021-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
fire weather
2015 fire
Brazil
Cerrado
Arc of deforestation
anthropogenic climate change
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac1e3a

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac1e3a

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