Nature Communications (May 2022)

Human-ignited fires result in more extreme fire behavior and ecosystem impacts

  • Stijn Hantson,
  • Niels Andela,
  • Michael L. Goulden,
  • James T. Randerson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30030-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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‘Human-caused fires and natural fires could have different impacts. Here the authors report a geospatial analysis of lightning-ignited and human-ignited fires in California between 2012 and 2018, finding that the latter were more likely to develop under extreme conditions with larger ecosystem impacts.’