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Anthropogenic Forcings and Attributed Changes in Fire Risk in Western North America and Australia During 2015/16

Summary/Abstract

This study finds that for 2015/16 that human influences quintupled the risk of extreme vapor pressure deficits (VPD) for western North America and increased the risk for extratropical Australia.

Simon F.B. Tett et al., Anthropogenic Forcings and Attributed Changes in Fire Risk in Western North America and Australia During 2015/16, in BAMS 2016

Link to Full Study
January 2018
Simon F. B. Tett, Alexander Falk, Megan Rogers, Fiona Spuler, Calum Turner, Joshua Wainwright, Oscar Dimdore-Miles, Sam Knight, Nicolas Freychet, Michael J. Mineter, Caroline E. R. Lehmann
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Peer-reviewed Study
Australia, North America
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