Year of Publication
2024
Publication Type
- The hottest year on record facilitated destructive wildfires on six continents, with 70% of total burned area occurring in the Northern Hemisphere.
- Canada experienced its most severe fire season in the modern era (more than doubling burned area of the previous record), while extreme fire weather resulted in catastrophic fires in Hawaii, the Mediterranean, central Amazonia and central Chile.
- Extreme events produced mass fatalities, lengthy evacuations and extensive economic losses.
Citation
Kolden, C.A., Abatzoglou, J.T., Jones, M.W. et al. Wildfires in 2023. Nat Rev Earth Environ 5, 238–240 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00544-y
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