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Factors influencing health
Wildfire smoke contains fine particulate matter and potentially toxic combustion products (the latter can be particularly harmful at the wildland-urban interface where waste and…
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Impacts of wildfire on Sustainable Development Goals
Impacts of wildfire on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The changing scale and intensity of wildfires may impact achievements across several of…
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New surface fires from sub-surface fire propagation in peatlands
Surface fires burning in peatlands can transition to underground smouldering fires that can seem to self-extinguish only to reappear in another location, sometimes at…
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May to September 2020 precipitation anomalies
All relative to 1979–2000 norms. Also available from Climate Reanalyzer (ClimateReanalyzer.org), Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, USA.)
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October to March 2019–2020 precipitation anomalies
All relative to 1979–2000 norms. Also available from Climate Reanalyzer (ClimateReanalyzer.org), Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, USA.)
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March to September 2020 temperature anomalies
All relative to 1979–2000 norms. Also available from Climate Reanalyzer (ClimateReanalyzer.org), Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, USA.)
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February to March 2020 temperature anomalies
All relative to 1979–2000 norms. Also available from Climate Reanalyzer (ClimateReanalyzer.org), Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, USA.)
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Fire extent in Australia
Map of fire extent in Australia during the period 1 July 2019–30 June 2020. Data processed via GEOGLAM (earthobservations.org/geoglam.php) using the fire severity method…
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Areas of significant change in fuel continuity and dryness
Change in fuel continuity (left) and dryness (right) by the last decade of the twenty-first century compared with 1996–2005 for RCP2.6 and RCP6.0. The…
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Future changes in burnt area
Changes in burnt area. Left: future changes in burnt area compared with historic burnt area (top). Right: areas with significant changes in burnt area…
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Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP)
Representative Concentration Pathway(s) (RCPs) are trajectories of greenhouse gas concentrations used for climate modelling in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC 2013). The numerical…
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Burnt area in the Cerrado, 2007 vs 2020
Top: Difference in fire activity in an ordinary (2020) and extraordinary (2007) year in the Cerrado. Changes in the burnt area reflect the occurrence…