Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - February 2021 #2 | Allen Matkins jdsupra.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jdsupra.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
E-Mail
IMAGE: A recent study shows that in some ecosystems, human-caused climate change is the predominant factor for wildfires; in other places, the trend can also be attributed to a century of. view more
Credit: Photo Courtesy University of Nevada, Reno
The millions of people affected by 2020 s record-breaking and deadly fires can attest to the fact that wildfire hazards are increasing across western North America.
Both climate change and forest management have been blamed, but the relative influence of these drivers is still heavily debated. The results of a recent study show that in some ecosystems, human-caused climate change is the predominant factor; in other places, the trend can also be attributed to a century of fire suppression that has produced dense, unhealthy forests.
February 17, 2021
Over the past decade, fire scientists have made major progress in understanding climate-fire relationships at large scales, such as across western North America.
The millions of people affected by 2020’s record-breaking and deadly fires can attest to the fact that wildfire hazards are increasing across western North America.
Both climate change and forest management have been blamed, but the relative influence of these drivers is still heavily debated. The results of a recent study show that in some ecosystems, human-caused climate change is the predominant factor; in other places, the trend can also be attributed to a century of fire suppression that has produced dense, unhealthy forests.
Dan Sanders: "Biofuels are scarcely mentioned as a solution in the [Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap], which begs the question: Why not? The lack of attention given to ethanol as
Princeton University shows that migration to the coast could actually accelerate in some places like Bangladesh despite sea-level change, contradicting current assumptions.