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Bookmark or Share- Climate Change Indicators: Wildfires | US EPAMany environmental impacts associated with climate change can affect the severity and timing of the wildfire season, including changes in temperature, precipitation, and drought. Short-term weather conditions (dryness, temperature, wind, lightning) influence the likelihood of ignition, where and how quickly a fire spreads, and how big it gets.
- Outlooks | National Interagency Coordination CenterThe outlook identifies areas by month for the next four months with above, below, and near normal significant fire potential. The main objectives of the National Significant Wildland Fire Potential Outlooks are to improve information available to fire management decision makers.
- Extreme fire seasons are looming — science can help us adapt - NatureAnd climate change is making the fire season in the western United States both warmer and drier. The area of forest that is burnt in a year is now ten times what it was four decades ago, aided in...
- Wildfire season is very busy in the West. Long-term trend paints a ...More than a hundred large wildfires are currently burning in the Western U.S., including one of the biggest in California history, the Park Fire. It's not uncommon at the beginning of August for...
- Study: Fire seasons getting longer, more frequent - Science@NASAA new analysis of 35 years of meteorological data confirms fire seasons have become longer. Fire season, which varies in timing and duration based on location, is defined as the time of year when wildfires are most likely to ignite, spread, and affect resources.
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