Were meteorological conditions related to the 2020 Siberia wildfires made more likely by anthropogenic climate change?

Zhongwei Liu; Jonathan Eden; Bastien Dieppois; Igor Drobyshev; Carolina Gallo; Matthew Blackett

doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0168.1

Were meteorological conditions related to the 2020 Siberia wildfires made more likely by anthropogenic climate change?

Zhongwei Liu, Jonathan Eden, Bastien Dieppois, Igor Drobyshev, Carolina Gallo, Matthew Blackett

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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Abstract

The meteorological conditions that coincided with extreme wildfires in Siberia during 2020 were up to 80% more likely than a century ago as a result of global warming.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S44-S49
Number of pages	6
Journal	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume	103
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0168.1
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2022

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