Drought-fuelled overnight burning propels large fires in North America

Burning events that occur at night have been revealed as a driver of large wildfires. Prolonged drought conditions are to blame, making it easier for fires to spread at night when they would ordinarily slow or extinguish completely. Analysis of large wildfires indicates key role of overnight burning...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) Jg. 627; H. 8003; S. 273 - 274
Hauptverfasser: Balch, Jennifer K., Mahood, Adam L.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London Nature Publishing Group UK 14.03.2024
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704/106/694
704/172
Climate Change
Droughts
Fires
Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
News And Views
North America
Science
North America
Climate change
Environmental sciences
ISSN:0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687
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Zusammenfassung:Burning events that occur at night have been revealed as a driver of large wildfires. Prolonged drought conditions are to blame, making it easier for fires to spread at night when they would ordinarily slow or extinguish completely. Analysis of large wildfires indicates key role of overnight burning.
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ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/d41586-024-00536-4