U.S. fires became larger, more frequent, and more widespread in the 2000s

Recent fires have fueled concerns that regional and global warming trends are leading to more extreme burning. We found compelling evidence that average fire events in regions of the United States are up to four times the size, triple the frequency, and more widespread in the 2000s than in the previ...

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Autores principales: Iglesias, Virginia, Balch, Jennifer K., Travis, William R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8926334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35294238
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc0020
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description Recent fires have fueled concerns that regional and global warming trends are leading to more extreme burning. We found compelling evidence that average fire events in regions of the United States are up to four times the size, triple the frequency, and more widespread in the 2000s than in the previous two decades. Moreover, the most extreme fires are also larger, more common, and more likely to co-occur with other extreme fires. This documented shift in burning patterns across most of the country aligns with the palpable change in fire dynamics noted by the media, public, and fire-fighting officials.
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spelling pubmed-89263342022-03-29 U.S. fires became larger, more frequent, and more widespread in the 2000s Iglesias, Virginia Balch, Jennifer K. Travis, William R. Sci Adv Earth, Environmental, Ecological, and Space Sciences Recent fires have fueled concerns that regional and global warming trends are leading to more extreme burning. We found compelling evidence that average fire events in regions of the United States are up to four times the size, triple the frequency, and more widespread in the 2000s than in the previous two decades. Moreover, the most extreme fires are also larger, more common, and more likely to co-occur with other extreme fires. This documented shift in burning patterns across most of the country aligns with the palpable change in fire dynamics noted by the media, public, and fire-fighting officials. American Association for the Advancement of Science 2022-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8926334/ /pubmed/35294238 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc0020 Text en Copyright © 2022 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, so long as the resultant use is not for commercial advantage and provided the original work is properly cited.
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U.S. fires became larger, more frequent, and more widespread in the 2000s
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title_fullStr U.S. fires became larger, more frequent, and more widespread in the 2000s
title_full_unstemmed U.S. fires became larger, more frequent, and more widespread in the 2000s
title_short U.S. fires became larger, more frequent, and more widespread in the 2000s
title_sort u.s. fires became larger, more frequent, and more widespread in the 2000s
topic Earth, Environmental, Ecological, and Space Sciences
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8926334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35294238
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc0020
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