New study quantifies link between climate crisis, wildfires

New study quantifies link between climate crisis, wildfires

In a first, US climate scientists have quantified the extent to which greenhouse gasses from the world's top fossil fuel companies have contributed to wildfires.Their analysis, published Tuesday in Environmental Research Letters, found that carbon dioxide and methane emissions from the so-called "Big 88" firms were responsible for more than a third of the area scorched by forest blazes in western North America over the past 40 years.First author…

New Study Quantifies Link Between Climate Crisis, Wildfires

carbon dioxide and methane emissions from the so-called "Big 88" firms were responsible for more than a third of the area scorched by forest blazes in western North America over the past 40 years.

New study quantifies link between climate crisis, wildfires

WASHINGTON: In a first, US climate scientists have quantified the extent to which greenhouse gasses from the world's top fossil fuel companies have contributed to wildfires. Their analysis, published on Tuesday (May 16) in Environmental Research Letters, found that carbon dioxide and methane emissions from

New study quantifies link between climate crisis, wildfires

Using climate modeling, the team determined that emissions from the Big 88 — which includes ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron and Shell — were responsible for increasing global average temperatures by 0.5 degrees Celsius since the start of the 20th century, or roughly half of the observed warming.

New study quantifies link between climate crisis, wildfires

In a first, US climate scientists have quantified the extent to which greenhouse gasses from the world's top fossil fuel companies have contributed to wildfires.