Were meteorological conditions related to the 2020 Siberia wildfires made more likely by anthropogenic climate change?

Abstract

The meteorological conditions that coincided with extreme wildfires in Siberia during 2020 were up to 80% more likely than a century ago as a result of global warming.

Published in

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
2022, volume: 103, number: 3, pages: S44-S49

SLU Authors

• Drobyshev, Igor

  • Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)

UKÄ Subject classification

Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
Climate Science

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0168.1

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/114717