Australia Fires Caused By Global Warming

Heat and dry conditions says Stefan Rahmstorf department head at the Potsdam.

Australia fires caused by global warming. Australia is becoming hotter and more prone to extreme heat bushfires droughts floods and longer fire seasons because of climate change. The race to decipher how climate change influenced Australias record fires. Human-caused climate change made southeastern Australias devastating wildfires during 20192020 at least 30 percent more likely to occur researchers report in.

In fact the research identifying a link between fires and climate change is old hat says Professor. Yes Climate Change Did Influence Australias Unprecedented Bushfires. 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.

Human-caused climate change is worsening the wildfires scorching Australia experts say. The burning of coal oil and gas is driving up global temperatures leading to hotter Australian conditions. The science around climate change is complex - its not the cause of bushfires but scientists have long warned that a hotter drier climate would contribute to Australias fires becoming more.

The Australian bushfires were exacerbated by two factors that have a well-established link to climate change. Global warming is an aspect of climate change referring to the long-term rise of the planets temperatures. 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.

Some of Australias great natural icons such as the Great Barrier Reef. Such an extreme fire season is at least 30 percent more likely because of global warming a new analysis finds. Wildfires are a feature of life in Australia which is not surprising when you consider that it is the driest inhabited continent in the world.

Despite the political smokescreen scientists are in no doubt that global heating has contributed to Australias fire emergency Smoke from Australias unprecedented bushfires as. Alarmists have been quick to blame climate change for the recent horrific fires in Australia. The Insurance Council of Australia said on January 7 that the bushfires have caused at least US485 million 435 million in damage and that number was likely to rise.