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Fires and Climate Change

Wildfires are significantly affected by climate change. Rising global temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and more frequent extreme weather events, all consequences of climate change, can increase the frequency, intensity, and duration of wildfires.

• Can Ensemble Techniques and Large-Scale Fire Datasets Improve Predictions of Forest Fire Probability Due to Climate Change?—A Case Study from the Republic of Korea

• The Effect of Climate Change on Forest Fire Danger and Severity in the Canadian Boreal Forests for the Period 1976–2100

• Wildfire, Climate Change, Forest Resilience, and Carbon Solutions

• Reports from University of Padova Describe Recent Advances in Climate Change (Climate Change, Forest Fires, and Territorial Dynamics in the Amazon Rainforest: An Integrated Analysis for Mitigation Strategies)

• Response of forest productivity to changes in growth and fire regime due to climate change

• Severe wildfires promoted by climate change negatively impact forest amphibian metacommunities

• Adapting western North American forests to climate change and wildfires: 10 common questions

Climate 'whiplash' linked to raging LA fires

Wildfires & Climate Change

Study Finds Climate Change to Blame For Record-Breaking California Wildfires

Climate Change A Factor In Unprecedented LA Fires

Wildfire climate connection