Australia Fires Caused By Global Warming

Record warmth and dryness last year led to a severe wildfire outbreak in Australia with an estimated 50 million acres burned including more than 16.

Australia fires caused by global warming. Alarmists have been quick to blame climate change for the recent horrific fires in Australia. In Australia there was a huge fire in the province of Western Australia in 1962 which led to a decades-long campaign of intense prescribed burning. Researchers have started an attribution study to determine how much global warming is to blame for the blazes that.

But the study suggests the figure is likely to be much greater. Wildfires are a feature of life in Australia which is not surprising when you consider that it is the driest inhabited continent in the world. As climate scientist Kevin Trenberth explained in a recent interview with videographer Peter Sinclair global warming directly intensifies wildfires by drying out soil and vegetation creating more fuel to burn farther and faster.

The Australian bushfires were exacerbated by two factors that have a well-established link to climate change. Since the beginning of the 20th century Australia has experienced an increase of nearly 1 C in average annual temperatures with warming occurring at twice the rate over the past 50 years than in the previous 50 years. Global warming is a key factor - but not the only one.

The scientific consensus could not be clearer. Australias Hottest Summer on Record Consistent with Global Warming Epic Heat Wildfires Are Scorching Australian Landscape Aussie Heat Wave Nears 122F Severe Fire Threat Declared. Global warming stresses ecosystems through temperature rises water shortages increased fire threats drought weed and pest invasions intense storm damage and salt invasion just to name a few.

Climate change is driving worsening bushfires in Australia. It is caused by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere mainly from human activities such as burning fossil fuels deforestation and farming. Heat and dry conditions says Stefan Rahmstorf department head at the Potsdam.

Australian wildfires were caused by humans not climate change. There is no doubt climate change must be tackled as an urgent priority but it is equally. The recent bushfires in Australia were exacerbated not only by global warming but also by other factors.