Climate Variability & Change

(The future of wildfires.)

Under construction.

Intro to Climate and Wildfires

1) The interplay between global warming, population growth, and past fire-suppression policies is leading to larger numbers of more intense fires that threaten more people living at the wildfire urban interface (WUI). This video from the Wall Street Journal provides a good overview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN-T6NDWQ1g

2) A focus on how climate change is affecting wildfires in BC.

Parisien et al, 2023: Abrupt, climate-induced increase in wildfires in British Columbia since the mid-2000s. COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT | (2023)4:309 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00977-1 .

3) UN Chronicle, 2023: Wildfires.

Climate Variability - El Niño

An outstanding overview of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and its effect on droughts, flood, and other hazards was created by the United Nations in 2023:

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