Deforestation, climate disruption and bushfires

"Unprecedented' Canadian wildfires made worse by climate change, scientists find. Australia is also likely to see 'more frequent and more severe extreme weather events' due to global warming. Scientists warn severe weather will get worse. During the Black Summer fires, Australia saw roughly the same number of fire-induced thunderstorms, known as pyrocumulonimbus, as seen in the country over several decades".
"One of the worst impacts of fires like those in Canada and during the Black Summer in Australia was the widespread impact on air quality. It's hard to adapt to — if the air we breathe isn't safe to breathe."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-23/research-shows-warmer-climate-made-canada-fires-worse/102759834

Climate crisis made spate of Canada wildfires twice as likely, scientists
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/22/climate-change-canada-wildfires-twice-as-likely

Deforestation and climate change
https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/deforestation/

What is the scale of deforestation and its role in climate change?
"Land use change, principally deforestation, contributes 12–20% of global greenhouse gas emissions."
https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/explainers/whats-redd-and-will-it-help-tackle-climate-change/

"Every increment of warming results in rapidly escalating hazards." IPCC
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/

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