Observed Impacts of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Wildfire in California

Observed Impacts of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Wildfire in California

Abstract Recent fire seasons have fueled intense speculation regarding the effect of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire in western North America and especially in California. During 1972–2018, California experienced a fivefold increase in annual burned area, mainly due to more than an eightfol...

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Main Authors: A. Park Williams, John T. Abatzoglou, Alexander Gershunov, Janin Guzman‐Morales, Daniel A. Bishop, Jennifer K. Balch, Dennis P. Lettenmaier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2019-08-01
Series:Earth's Future
Subjects:
wildfire
California
climate change
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001210

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https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001210

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