Australia Fires Caused By Global Warming

Human-caused climate change is worsening the wildfires scorching Australia experts say.

Australia fires caused by global warming. The Insurance Council of Australia said on January 7 that the bushfires have caused at least US485 million 435 million in damage and that number was likely to rise. The science around climate change is complex - its not the cause of bushfires but scientists have long warned that a hotter drier climate would contribute to Australias fires becoming more. Such an extreme fire season is at least 30 percent more likely because of global warming a new analysis finds.

How Global Warming Helped Ignite One of Australias Worst Fire Seasons A firefighter works as a bushfirebelieved to have been sparked by a lightning strikeburns in Port Macquarie New South Wales Australia November 2 2019. Wildfires are a feature of life in Australia which is not surprising when you consider that it is the driest inhabited continent in the world. And yet addressing this reality by reducing emissions will offer little practical help to Australians who must gird themselves against the threat of more fires at least not for the foreseeable future.

Fires can be caused by lightning strikes during Australian summers or by man-made factors such as overhead power lines and arson. Australian wildfires were caused by humans not climate change. Since the beginning of the 20th century Australia has experienced an increase of nearly 1 C in average annual temperatures with warming occurring at twice the rate over the past 50 years than in the previous 50 years.

Alarmists have been quick to blame climate change for the recent horrific fires in Australia. It is caused by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere mainly from human activities such as burning fossil fuels deforestation and farming. Some of Australias great natural icons such as the Great Barrier Reef.

Global warming is a key factor - but not the only one. Since the mid-1990s southeast Australia has experienced a 15 decline in late autumn and early winter rainfall and a 25 decline in average rainfall in April and May. Yes Climate Change Did Influence Australias Unprecedented Bushfires.

Global warming is an aspect of climate change referring to the long-term rise of the planets temperatures. In fact the research identifying a link between fires and climate change is old hat says Professor. Climate change is increasing bushfire risk in Australia by lengthening the fire.