Sentences with phrase «forest wildfire activity»

With regard to wildfires, see Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity: «Thus, although land - use history is an important factor for wildfire risks in specific forest types... the broad - scale increase in wildfire frequency across the western United States has been driven primarily by sensitivity of fire regimes to recent changes in climate over a relatively large area.»

Likewise, wildfire trends are regional, and have plausibly been affected by rising temperatures: Large wildfire trends...,;... western U.S. forest wildfire activity...

A. L. Westerling et al., «Warming and Earlier Spring Increase Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity,» Science, vol.

Westerling, A. L., Hidalgo, H. G., Cayan, D. R. & Swetnam, T. W. Warming and earlier spring increase western US forest wildfire activity.

Warming and earlier spring increase western US forest wildfire activity.

Westerling, A. L., Hidalgo, H. G., Cayan, D. R. & Swetnam, T. W. Warming and earlier spring increase Western U.S. forest wildfire activity.

Not exact matches

U.S. Forest Service officials told the Associated Press that they are concerned there may be more wildfires than usual this summer, given the lower - than - average rainfall and activity so early in a season that typically peaks in late July and August.

The main climate ingredient for wildfire activity in Northwest grasslands is ample winter precipitation, while the main climate ingredient in forest fires is a hot, dry summer.

Hence, the projected regional warming and consequent increase in wildfire activity in the western United States is likely to magnify the threats to human communities and ecosystems, and substantially increase the management challenges in restoring forests and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Hence, the projected regional warming and consequent increase in wildfire activity in the western United States is likely to magnify the threats to human communities and ecosystems, and substantially increase the management challenges in restoring forests and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Though other human activities, like changes in land use and forest management practices, can also increase wildfire risk, the evidence increasingly points to an upward nudge from climate change too.

Forest ecosystems have been stressed through wildfire activity, regional drought, high temperatures, and infestations, while aquatic ecosystems are being affected by higher temperatures and sea level rise.