Increased fire activity under high atmospheric oxygen concentrations is compatible with the presence of forests

Rayanne Vitali; Claire M. Belcher; Jed O. Kaplan; Andrew J. Watson

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35081-z

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Increased fire activity under high atmospheric oxygen concentrations is compatible with the presence of forests

Rayanne Vitali,
Claire M. Belcher,
Jed O. Kaplan,
Andrew J. Watson

Affiliations

Rayanne Vitali: Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
Claire M. Belcher: Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
Jed O. Kaplan: Department of Earth Sciences and Institute for Climate and Carbon Neutrality, The University of Hong Kong
Andrew J. Watson: Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35081-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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This study shows that fire activity under high atmospheric oxygen concentrations does not remove or prevent regeneration of present-day global forests, contradicting a long-term assumption used to define the upper limit of oxygen through time.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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