Sentences with phrase «number of wildfires»

On average, wildfires burn six times the acreage they did 40 years ago, while the annual number of wildfires over 1,000 acres has doubled from 50 during an average year in the 1970s to more than 100 each year since 2002, Climate Central research shows.

In the western US overall, the average annual number of wildfires that are bigger than 1,000 acres has more than doubled since 1970, according to Climate Central.

Since 1970, the annual average number of wildfires larger than 1,000 acres has more than doubled in the western U.S..

Over the past 15 years, parts of the western U.S. have experienced severe drought conditions and an increasing number of wildfires that take a toll on people and ecosystems.

2017's very smoky summer from the intense and vast number of wildfires and those of the most recent summers has gotten everyone's attention, making it hard to breathe and do outdoor activities.

The number of wildfires touching more than 50,000 acres has been increasing over the last 30 years, and the total acreage burned this decade is more than double the area burned in the 1990s.

The number of wildfires in the U.S. has increased in recent years, up from 7.2 million acres (2.9 million hectares) in 2002 to 9.3 million acres (3.8 million hectares) in 2007.

The number of wildfires over 1,000 acres in size in the region stretching from Nebraska to California increased by a rate of seven fires a year from 1984 to 2011, according to a new study accepted for publication in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal published by the American Geophysical Union.

This is because, as populations grow, they cause an increase in the number of wildfires, but also an increase in the number of fires that are successfully suppressed.

Annual data on the number of wildfires and burned area also show an increase from 1968 to 1994, and are significantly correlated with both fire hazard indices.»

Climate change has very likely increased the size and number of wildfires, insect outbreaks, pathogens, disease outbreaks, and tree mortality in the interior West, the Southwest, and Alaska.

But, with a doubling of the number of wildfires for the high Arctic and an extension of the permafrost fire season into early April this year, we may well consider this to be a zone of now, near permanent, burning — Permaburn.

The huge geographic area of Canada and the United States has actually experienced a decline in the number of wildfires since 1970, during the time of greatest modern warming.

NASA researchers warn that the warming trend across Northern Russia is likely to cause the number of wildfires to double by the end of the century.

An indication that the number of wildfires has been decreasing (sorry Governor Moonbeam).

If you live in the western United States, the number of wildfires is increasing and the exposure to damage for homes near a high risk area is substantial.