Australia Fires Caused By Global Warming
Alarmists have been quick to blame climate change for the recent horrific fires in Australia.
Australia fires caused by global warming. Climate change is increasing bushfire risk in Australia by lengthening the fire. Human-caused climate change made southeastern Australias devastating wildfires during 20192020 at least 30 percent more likely to occur researchers report in. Climate change is driving worsening bushfires in Australia.
Human-caused climate change is worsening the wildfires scorching Australia experts say. Australian wildfires were caused by humans not climate change. The Australian bushfires were exacerbated by two factors that have a well-established link to climate change.
Despite the political smokescreen scientists are in no doubt that global heating has contributed to Australias fire emergency Smoke from Australias unprecedented bushfires as. Global warming boosted the risk of the hot dry weather thats likely to cause bushfires by at least 30 they say. 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.
As climate scientist Kevin Trenberth explained in a recent interview with videographer Peter Sinclair global warming directly intensifies wildfires by drying out soil and vegetation creating more fuel to burn farther and faster. Anthropogenic warming has worsened Australias fire risk by extending fire seasons increasing average temperature and drying the landscape. In Australia there was a huge fire in the province of Western Australia in 1962 which led to a decades-long campaign of intense prescribed burning.
At its height from 1963 to around 1985 very little was burned by wildfires but as more and more pressure mounted to suppress this practice more and more of Western Australia was burned over as shown dramatically in this. Australias Hottest Summer on Record Consistent with Global Warming Epic Heat Wildfires Are Scorching Australian Landscape Aussie Heat Wave Nears 122F Severe Fire Threat Declared. Record warmth and dryness last year led to a severe wildfire outbreak in Australia with an estimated 50 million acres burned including more than 16.
Yes Climate Change Did Influence Australias Unprecedented Bushfires. Thats particularly a problem in drought-prone regions like Australia and California. Global warming is an aspect of climate change referring to the long-term rise of the planets temperatures.