Australia Fires Caused By Global Warming

How Global Warming Helped Ignite One of Australias Worst Fire Seasons A firefighter works as a bushfirebelieved to have been sparked by a lightning strikeburns in Port Macquarie New South Wales Australia November 2 2019.

Australia fires caused by global warming. The Australian bushfires were exacerbated by two factors that have a well-established link to climate change. Alarmists have been quick to blame climate change for the recent horrific fires in Australia. Since the mid-1990s southeast Australia has experienced a 15 decline in late autumn and early winter rainfall and a 25 decline in average rainfall in April and May.

The race to decipher how climate change influenced Australias record fires. Climate change is driving worsening bushfires in Australia. Such an extreme fire season is at least 30 percent more likely because of global warming a new analysis finds.

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. Global warming is a key factor - but not the only one. 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.

In fact the research identifying a link between fires and climate change is old hat says Professor. Anthropogenic warming has worsened Australias fire risk by extending fire seasons increasing average temperature and drying the landscape. The burning of coal oil and gas is driving up global temperatures leading to hotter Australian conditions.

But the study suggests the figure is likely to be much greater. Human-caused climate change made southeastern Australias devastating wildfires during 20192020 at least 30 percent more likely to occur researchers report in. 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.

Australia is becoming hotter and more prone to extreme heat bushfires droughts floods and longer fire seasons because of climate change. 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. 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.