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

Liu, Zhongwei; Eden, Jonathan M.; Dieppois, Bastien; Drobyshev, Igor; Gallo, Carolina; Blackett, Matthew

doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0168.1

Research article2022Peer reviewedOpen access

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

Liu, Zhongwei; Eden, Jonathan M.; Dieppois, Bastien; Drobyshev, Igor; Gallo, Carolina; Blackett, Matthew

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 Research

Publication identifier

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

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