Australia Fires Caused By Global Warming

How Global Warming Helped Ignite One of Australias Worst Fire Seasons A firefighter works as a bushfirebelieved to have been sparked by a lightning strikeburns in Port Macquarie New South Wales Australia November 2 2019.

Australia fires caused by global warming. Some of Australias great natural icons such as the Great Barrier Reef. Record warmth and dryness last year led to a severe wildfire outbreak in Australia with an estimated 50 million acres burned including more than 16. Global warming stresses ecosystems through temperature rises water shortages increased fire threats drought weed and pest invasions intense storm damage and salt invasion just to name a few.

There is no doubt climate change must be tackled as an urgent priority but it is equally. Yes Climate Change Did Influence Australias Unprecedented Bushfires. But the study suggests the figure is likely to be much greater.

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. The recent bushfires in Australia were exacerbated not only by global warming but also by other factors. And yet addressing this reality by reducing emissions will offer little practical help to Australians who must gird themselves against the threat of more fires at least not for the foreseeable future.

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. 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. The burning of coal oil and gas is driving up global temperatures leading to hotter Australian conditions.

It is caused by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere mainly from human activities such as burning fossil fuels deforestation and farming. Australian wildfires were caused by humans not climate change. The race to decipher how climate change influenced Australias record fires.

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. Human-caused climate change made southeastern Australias devastating wildfires during 20192020 at least 30 percent more likely to occur researchers report in. At its height from 1963 to around 1985 very little was burned by wildfires but as more and more pressure mounted to suppress this practice more and more of Western Australia was burned over as shown dramatically in this.