Sentences with phrase «also wildfire season»

Not exact matches

The study also shows that the length of the wildfire season correlates closely with changes in temperature, humidity, rainfall, and other climate indicators.

It was also the most expensive hurricane season on record at $ 265 billion and the costliest wildfire season on record at $ 18 billion, Smith said.

As the American West, parched by prolonged drought, braces for a season of potentially record - breaking wildfires, new research suggests these events not only pose an immediate threat to people's safety and their homes, but also could take a toll on human health, agriculture and ecosystems.

Ecosystem changes and natural climatic variation can also have large influences on wildfire seasons.

It's also enough to put the 2015 Alaska wildfire season ahead of what was previously the second - place year — 1957, with 5,049,661 acres burned, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry.

The length of the wildfire season may also be increasing, research has shown.

The 2007 wildfire season is also on a pace to beat 2005.

The better metrics are length of active wildfire season, which has increased by about 2 months in the western US in the last 40 years, and area burned, which has also doubled... Future projections indicate a dramatic increase in area burned.»

For instance, according to one 2007 study, a warming planet may mean an increased growing season in Greenland; but it also means water shortages, more frequent and more intense wildfires and expanding deserts.

In California, we've seen a season of deadly wildfires that also bear a strong climate change signature from ongoing drought conditions.

Thawing permafrost also delivers organic - rich soils to lake bottoms, where decomposition in the absence of oxygen releases additional methane.116 Extensive wildfires also release carbon that contributes to climate warming.107, 117,118 The capacity of the Yukon River Basin in Alaska and adjacent Canada to store carbon has been substantially weakened since the 1960s by the combination of warming and thawing of permafrost and by increased wildfire.119 Expansion of tall shrubs and trees into tundra makes the surface darker and rougher, increasing absorption of the sun's energy and further contributing to warming.120 This warming is likely stronger than the potential cooling effects of increased carbon dioxide uptake associated with tree and shrub expansion.121 The shorter snow - covered seasons in Alaska further increase energy absorption by the land surface, an effect only slightly offset by the reduced energy absorption of highly reflective post-fire snow - covered landscapes.121 This spectrum of changes in Alaskan and other high - latitude terrestrial ecosystems jeopardizes efforts by society to use ecosystem carbon management to offset fossil fuel emissions.94, 95,96

Higher spring and summer temperatures, along with an earlier spring melt, are also the primary factors driving the increasing frequency of large wildfires and lengthening the fire season in the western U.S. over recent decades.13 The record - breaking fires this year in the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Region are consistent with these trends.

The Indonesian wildfires have likely been exacerbated by an exceptional 2015 dry season due to the current El Niño event, but land clearing fires are also a significant contributor to the figures.

Montana and British Columbia both also had some of their worst wildfire seasons ever.

Also, discussion on the devastating wildfire season last summer.