Sentences with phrase «increased wildfires»

New research says that increased wildfires from climate change will further contribute to global warming.

Increased wildfires further compound the problem by leaving behind a burn scar.

In the face of catastrophic storms, super droughts and increased wildfires from global warming, it is time to take bold steps on climate and move to a renewable energy future.

[5] Extreme heat and years of ongoing drought, both linked to climate change, are increasing wildfire risk in California by contributing to the frequency and severity of wildfires in recent decades.

Pinyon pine, an iconic and dominant species in the West, has suffered nearly 100 % mortality at sites in Colorado and Arizona, where climate change has made trees more susceptible to bark beetle outbreaks that in turn result in increased wildfires.

Increasing drought frequency and warming temperatures (fuel moisture) have also been positively associated with increased wildfire activity, particularly in Western North America [39,80 — 84].

It does not include increased wildfire or insect attacks on forests, which are also intensifying and likely to increase with further warming.

Being able to identify this «tipping point» is important because it is in the mid-level forests — at altitudes from roughly 6,500 to 8,000 feet — where many people live and play in the West and which are associated with increasing wildfires, beetle outbreaks and increased tree mortality, said Molotch.

It follows a series of warnings of increased wildfire hazard as global temperatures rise in response to the ever greater levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, as a consequence of the increasing combustion of fossil fuels.

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.

Increasing wildfire area and earlier and lower streamflows have generally been attributed to warming temperatures.

And higher temperatures increase wildfire risk.

If these trends continue, increased wildfire potential may have pronounced global socio - economic, ecological and climate system impacts.

Chambers et al. (2007) predict that the high flammability of this winter annual weed will increase wildfire frequency and thereby transform large areas of sagebrush steppe from perennial shrub to annual grass dominance decreasing the land's forage utility.

A seasonal wildfire outlook from the National Interagency Fire Center shows a big red splotch across Alaska for the month of August — a forecast of areas where conditions would be favorable for increased wildfire activity.

• More than 129 Million Dead Trees = Increased Wildfire Risk.

One challenge is that identifying the cause of increased wildfire expenditures is convoluted — and without this understanding, policy reforms are likely to miss the mark.

A day after California Governor Jerry Brown declared a wildfire state of emergency, the President's Science Adviser John Holdren appeared in a video linking increased wildfires in the U.S. West to human - caused climate change.

Double CO2 climate scenarios increase wildfire events by 40 - 50 % in California (Fried et al., 2004), and double fire risk in Cape Fynbos (Midgley et al., 2005), favouring re-sprouting plants in Fynbos (Bond and Midgley, 2003), fire - tolerant shrub dominance in the Mediterranean Basin (Mouillot et al., 2002), and vegetation structural change in California (needle - leaved to broad - leaved trees, trees to grasses) and reducing productivity and carbon sequestration (Lenihan et al., 2003).

Climate change is likely to cause large areas of the Earth to suffer increased wildfires, while in the rainforest, heavy rainfall could reduce the danger, according to a new study.

-- North America will face increased wildfires and deadly heat waves.

«The report highlights the incredible changes that are forecast for Alaskan ecosystems including increased wildfires, degradation of permafrost and loss of soil carbon to the atmosphere,» Schuur said.

Extreme heat and years of ongoing drought, both linked to climate change, are increasing wildfire risk in California.

Increasing wildfire activity may rapidly increase the rate of permafrost thaw.

Pinyon pine, an iconic and dominant species in the West, has suffered nearly 100 percent mortality at sites in Colorado and Arizona, where climate change has made trees more susceptible to bark beetle outbreaks that in turn result in increased wildfires.

The team's research shows that in addition to contributions from natural forcings and global warming, temperature differences between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans play a role in causing drought and increasing wildfire risks.

In addition to the increased wildfire risk, losses of cattle and agriculture spurred states to declare certain counties disaster areas.

I suspect the correct position is we can't yet be sure if climate change is enough of an effect to have increased wildfires, but increased temperatures and bigger swings between drought and deluge have to increase fire hazard in general.

Sure enough, the list was a dire roll call, including lower snowfall and streamflow, reduced yield of crops, and increased wildfires.

This post was originally published on this siteExtreme heat and years of ongoing drought — both linked to climate change — are increasing wildfire risk throughout California.

Extreme heat and years of ongoing drought, both linked to climate change, are increasing wildfire risk in California by contributing to the frequency and severity of wildfires in recent decades.

Southern California, in particular, received little relief from the persistent hot and dry conditions that increase wildfire risk.

Western U.S. forests are particularly susceptible to increased wildfire and insect outbreaks.

Large regions of South America are also experiencing severe drying which is helping to increase wildfire risk.

Climate change impacts including increased wildfires, drought, flooding, sea level rise, ocean acidification, and changes to agriculture threaten the state today, and will get much worse unless we take action.

We can expect to see in the report some of the Western portions of the U.S. mentioned as having an increased wildfire risk due to climate change and drier conditions.

Can we assume that burning most of the available surface carbon resources, in stoves, boilers and increasing wildfires also wouldn't make a significant difference?

It points to «longer and hotter heat waves, more severe storms, worsening flood and drought cycles, growing invasive species and insect problems, threatened native plant and wildlife populations, rising sea levels, and, when combined with a lack of proper forest management, increased wildfire risk.»

If you live in or near an area with an increased wildfire risk, it is important to reduce the risk and improve the overall safety of your home.

We've already seen some evidence of that having an impact with spring coming earlier, increased wildfires and a diminished snowpack.»