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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
Predictability of biomass burning in response to climate changes
Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Volume 26, No. 4, Article GB4007, Year 2012
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Climate is an important control on biomass burning, but the sensitivity of fire to changes in temperature and moisture balance has not been quantified. We analyze sedimentary charcoal records to show that the changes in fire regime over the past 21,000 yrs are predictable from changes in regional climates. Analyses of paleo- fire data show that fire increases monotonically with changes in temperature and peaks at intermediate moisture levels, and that temperature is quantitatively the most important driver of changes in biomass burning over the past 21,000 yrs. Given that a similar relationship between climate drivers and fire emerges from analyses of the interannual variability in biomass burning shown by remote-sensing observations of month-by-month burnt area between 1996 and 2008, our results signal a serious cause for concern in the face of continuing global warming. © 2012. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Daniau, Anne Laure
United Kingdom, Bristol
University of Bristol
Bartlein, Patrick J.
United States, Eugene
University of Oregon
Harrison, Sandy P.
United Kingdom, Bristol
University of Bristol
Australia, Sydney
Macquarie University
Prentice, Iain Colin
Australia, Sydney
Macquarie University
United Kingdom, Bristol
University of Bristol
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Brewer, Simon C.
United States, Laramie
University of Wyoming
Friedlingstein, P.
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Laboratoire Des Sciences du Climat et de L'environnement
United Kingdom, Exeter
University of Exeter
Harrison-Prentice, T. I.
United Kingdom
Newton St. Cyres
Inoue, J.
Japan, Osaka
Osaka Metropolitan University
Izumi, Kenji
United States, Eugene
University of Oregon
Marlon, Jennifer R.
United States, Madison
University of Wisconsin-madison
Mooney, Scott D.
Australia, Sydney
Unsw Sydney
Power, Mitchell J.
United States, Salt Lake City
Natural History Museum of Utah
Stevenson, Janelle G.
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Tinner, Willy
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
Andrič, M.
Slovenia, Ljubljana
Znanstvenoraziskovalni Center Slovenske Akademije Znanosti in Umetnosti
Atanassova, J.
Bulgaria, Sofia
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Behling, Hermann
Germany, Gottingen
Georg-august-universität Göttingen
Black, M.
Australia, Sydney
Unsw Sydney
Blarquez, Olivier
France, Montpellier
Institut Des Sciences de L’evolution de Montpellier
Brown, K. J.
Canada, Ottawa
Canadian Forest Service
Denmark, Copenhagen
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Carcaillet, Christopher
France, Montpellier
Institut Des Sciences de L’evolution de Montpellier
Colhoun, Eric A.
Australia, Callaghan
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
Colombaroli, Daniele
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
Davis, Basil A.S.
Switzerland, Lausanne
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
D'Costa, D.
Australia, Clayton
Monash University
Dodson, J.
Australia, Sydney
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Dupont, Lydie M.
Germany, Bremen
Marum – Zentrum Für Marine Umweltwissenschaften
Eshetu, Zewdu
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa University
Gavin, Daniel G.
United States, Eugene
University of Oregon
Genries, A.
France, Montpellier
Institut Des Sciences de L’evolution de Montpellier
Haberle, Simon G.
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Hallett, D. J.
Canada, Calgary
University of Calgary
Hope, Geoffrey
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Horn, S. P.
United States, Knoxville
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Kassa, T. G.
Germany, Koln
Universität zu Köln
Katamura, F.
Japan, Kyoto
Tokushu Kosho Gijutsu Inc.
Kennedy, L. M.
United States, Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Kershaw, Peter
Australia, Clayton
Monash University
Krivonogov, S.
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk
V.s. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy of the Siberian Branch of the Ras
Long, C.
United States, Oshkosh
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Magri, Donatella
Italy, Rome
Sapienza Università Di Roma
Marinova, Elena
Bulgaria, Sofia
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
McKenzie, G. Merna
Australia, Clayton
Monash University
Moreno, P. I.
Chile, Santiago
Universidad de Chile
Moss, Patrick
Australia, Brisbane
The University of Queensland
Neumann, Frank Harald
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Germany, Munster
University of Münster
Norstrm, E.
Sweden, Stockholm
Stockholms Universitet
Paitre, C.
Canada, Rimouski
Centre D'etudes Nordiques, Rimouski
Rius, Damien
France, Besancon
Université de Franche-comté
France, Toulouse
Laboratoire Geode
Roberts, Neil
United Kingdom, Plymouth
University of Plymouth
Robinson, G. S.
United States, New York
Fordham University
Sasaki, N.
Japan, Kyoto
National Institutes for the Humanities, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Scott, Louis
South Africa, Bloemfontein
University of the Free State
Takahara, Hikaru
Japan, Kyoto
Kyoto Prefectural University
Terwilliger, Valery J.
United States, Lawrence
University of Kansas
France, Paris
Insu - Institut National Des Sciences de L'univers
France, Orleans
Le Studium Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies
Thevenon, Florian
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève
Turner, R.
United Kingdom, Plymouth
University of Plymouth
Valsecchi, Verushka G.
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
France, Montpellier
Institut Des Sciences de L’evolution de Montpellier
Vannière, Boris
France, Besancon
Université de Franche-comté
Walsh, M.
United States, Eugene
University of Oregon
United States, Ellensburg
Central Washington University
Williams, N.
Australia, Sydney
Natural Resources Policy Section
Zhang, Y.
China, Beijing
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Statistics
Citations: 330
Authors: 62
Affiliations: 55
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1029/2011GB004249
ISSN:
08866236