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Implications of changing climate for global wildland fire

2009· article· en· 1,472 citations· W2168338454 on OpenAlex· 10.1071/wf08187

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Abstract

Wildland fire is a global phenomenon, and a result of interactions between climate–weather, fuels and people. Our climate is changing rapidly primarily through the release of greenhouse gases that may have profound and possibly unexpected impacts on global fire activity. The present paper reviews the current understanding of what the future may bring with respect to wildland fire and discusses future options for research and management. To date, research suggests a general increase in area burned and fire occurrence but there is a lot of spatial variability, with some areas of no change or even decreases in area burned and occurrence. Fire seasons are lengthening for temperate and boreal regions and this trend should continue in a warmer world. Future trends of fire severity and intensity are difficult to determine owing to the complex and non-linear interactions between weather, vegetation and people. Improved fire data are required along with continued global studies that dynamically include weather, vegetation, people, and other disturbances. Lastly, we need more research on the role of policy, practices and human behaviour because most of the global fire activity is directly attributable to people.

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The record

Venue
International Journal of Wildland Fire
Topic
Fire effects on ecosystems
Field
Environmental Science
Canadian institutions
Natural Resources CanadaCanadian Forest Service
Funders
Keywords
Fire regimeBorealVegetation (pathology)Climate changeEnvironmental scienceTemperate climateGlobal warmingClimatologyFire ecologyGlobal changeGeographyEnvironmental resource managementWildfire suppressionExtreme weatherTaigaGreenhouse gasPhysical geographyEcologyEcosystemFirefightingCartographyGeologyForestry
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