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

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

doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0168.1

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

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

Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

Publication: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S44-S49
Number of pages	6
Journal	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume	103
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0168.1
Publication status	Published - 2022

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