Previous studies produced projections of changing fire risks for individual regions. A new study attempts to gauge future changes to wildfire patterns globally as the climate warms.
Wildfire risks around the world are likely to change dramatically during the latter half of this century, with some types of terrain projected to see dramatic increases in likelihood and in the expanse of fire-prone areas during the next 30 years, according to a new study.
The areas at highest risk for increased fires in the short term include landscapes familiar to residents of the western United States – Mediterranean forests, woods, and scrub, such as those that blanket the coastal ranges of California, alpine grass and shrublands, desert shrublands, and forests dominated by conifers.
But over the longer term, significant increases in fire frequency are expected over a much wider range of ecosystems – as are significant decreases.
My understanding is that the environmentalist policy of saving every tree has led to overcrowding of trees and higher risks of cataclysmic fires. The world should actively manage our forests and burn excess biomass in really hot furnaces instead of losing energy and smoke to the air. Such a policy surly makes more sense than going after global warming.
This is just games with models.
“This new study is a rare attempt at trying to gauge future changes to wildfire patterns globally as the climate warms, the research team says.”
Will these people stop at nothing?
This really is just silly stuff, fires are a function of many things apart from temperature. Wind, lightning, undergrowth patterns to name just a few. They should stop this alarmist rubbish.
Fires, water, floods, hurricanes, rain, snow, avalanches, droughts. Boy that CO2 is amazing stuff we should have harnessed it to work for us. Put it on crops and they grow bigger and faster. An important part of beer!
Oh yes the 21st century physical entity is CO2, the wonder gas.
Not to mention that 9 out of 10 bush or forest fires are deliberately lit.
Maybe they should study that pattern.