Australia Fires Caused By Global Warming

Global warming played a big role in generating long-lasting heat waves that fueled Australias deadly 2019-2020 wildfire season a new study by an.

Australia fires caused by global warming. The race to decipher how climate change influenced Australias record fires. Despite the political smokescreen scientists are in no doubt that global heating has contributed to Australias fire emergency Smoke from Australias unprecedented bushfires as. And yet addressing this reality by reducing emissions will offer little practical help to Australians who must gird themselves against the threat of more fires at least not for the foreseeable future.

It is caused by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere mainly from human activities such as burning fossil fuels deforestation and farming. Since the mid-1990s southeast Australia has experienced a 15 decline in late autumn and early winter rainfall and a 25 decline in average rainfall in April and May. Some of Australias great natural icons such as the Great Barrier Reef.

In fact the research identifying a link between fires and climate change is old hat says Professor. Yes Climate Change Did Influence Australias Unprecedented Bushfires. Such an extreme fire season is at least 30 percent more likely because of global warming a new analysis finds.

How Global Warming Helped Ignite One of Australias Worst Fire Seasons A firefighter works as a bushfirebelieved to have been sparked by a lightning strikeburns in Port Macquarie New South Wales Australia November 2 2019. Climate change is increasing bushfire risk in Australia by lengthening the fire. Since the beginning of the 20th century Australia has experienced an increase of nearly 1 C in average annual temperatures with warming occurring at twice the rate over the past 50 years than in the previous 50 years.

But the study suggests the figure is likely to be much greater. Global warming boosted the risk of the hot dry weather thats likely to cause bushfires by at least 30 they say. Human-caused climate change is worsening the wildfires scorching Australia experts say.

Anthropogenic warming has worsened Australias fire risk by extending fire seasons increasing average temperature and drying the landscape. Global warming is an aspect of climate change referring to the long-term rise of the planets temperatures. Global warming is a key factor - but not the only one.