💧🌏 Greg CocksClimate Change Supercharged A Heat Dome, Intensifying 2021 Fire Season, Study Finds
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https://phys.org/news/2024-04-climate-supercharged-dome-season.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01346-2 <-- shared paper
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https://phys.org/news/2024-04-climate-supercharged-dome-season.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01346-2 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #2021fireseason #climatechange #extremeweather #geopotential #NorthAmerica #USA #Canada #wildfire #bushfire #risk #hazard #PNW #PacificNorthwest #loss #damage #forest #forestry #humanimpacts #weather #heat #dryness #temperature #vapourpressure #records #firedanger #infrastructure #model #modeling #heatdome #fire
Climate change supercharged a heat dome, intensifying 2021 fire season, study finds
As a massive heat dome lingered over the Pacific Northwest three years ago, swaths of North America simmered—and then burned. Wildfires charred more than 18.5 million acres across the continent, with the most land burned in Canada and California.