The April 2021 Cape Town wildfire: has anthropogenic climate change altered the likelihood of extreme fire weather?

Zhongwei Liu, Jonathan M. Eden, Bastien Dieppois, W. Stefaan Conradie, Matthew Blackett

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Abstract

CMIP6 models suggest that extreme fire weather associated with the April 2021 Cape Town wildfire has become 90% more likely in a warmer world.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)E298–E304
Number of pages7
JournalBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume104
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2023

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