FEATURE: Climate Change Raising Risks and Stakes of Wildfire
from The Nature Conservancy, Nature.org
Whether it’s through enduring unhealthy air from extreme wildfire events or experiencing those fires directly, hundreds of millions of people around the world are now affected every year by intensifying wildfires. While fire is an essential, natural process that has shaped the world’s landscapes for millions of years, extreme wildfires are becoming more frequent, severe, and extensive.
The evidence connecting the climate crisis and extreme wildfires is clear. Increased global temperatures and reduced moisture lead to drier conditions and extended fire seasons. Prolonged heatwaves can take what was once a natural event in the fire-cycle process and supercharge it into a maelstrom that devastates entire communities. And, crucially, worsening wildfires mean larger amounts of stored carbon are released into the atmosphere, further worsening climate change. Given the mounting impacts associated with extreme wildfires, we need urgent action. There are clear steps we can take but we must take them now.
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