The world's future will be marked by a dramatic increase in wildfires, according to a new report.The report cites two primary factors climate change and land-use change as driving an increase in extreme wildfires.
SAN FRANCISCO — Thanks in large part to climate change, the world's future will be marked by a dramatic increase in wildfires, according toThe report cites two primary factors — climate change and land-use change — as driving an increase in extreme wildfires and projects that their number will rise by 14 percent by the year 2030, 30 percent by the end of 2050 and by 50 percent by 2100.
Climate change also results in more extreme weather events, the U.N. report states, including stronger winds, more dry lightning and higher overall temperatures that dry out more quickly the vegetation that fuels wildfires. All of those consequences have risen in tandem over recent decades as the pace of climate change accelerates. “The heating of the planet is turning landscapes into tinderboxes, while more extreme weather means stronger, hotter, drier winds to fan the flames,” the U.N.
In California, 17 of the state’s 20 largest wildfires on record have occurred in the past two decades,show. While this year’s rainy season got off to a promising start in California, with some new records for precipitation set in northern parts of the state, January was one of California’s driest months in recorded history, a pattern that has residents and climate scientists on edge.The costs associated with wildfires have also been on the rise, the U.N. report found.
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