Recent wildfire outbreaks around the world have prompted concern that climate change is
increasing fire incidence, threatening human livelihood and biodiversity, and perpetuating …

Vegetation fires are an essential component of the Earth system but can also cause
substantial economic losses, severe air pollution, human mortality and environmental …

Short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs) affect climate and are, in most cases, also air pollutants.
They include aerosols (sulphate, nitrate, ammonium, carbonaceous aerosols, mineral dust …

Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions and their
redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere in a changing climate …

The 2023 Canadian forest fires have been extreme in scale and intensity with more than
seven times the average annual area burned compared to the previous four decades. Here …

This chapter assesses the state of physical, biological and social knowledge concerning the
Arctic and Antarctic ocean and cryosphere, how they are affected by climate change, and …

Understanding and quantifying the global methane (CH 4) budget is important for assessing
realistic pathways to mitigate climate change. Atmospheric emissions and concentrations of …

Long-term records of burned area are needed to understand wildfire dynamics, assess fire
impacts on ecosystems and air quality, and improve fire forecasts. Here we fuse multiple …

Fires are a major contributor to atmospheric budgets of greenhouse gases and aerosols,
affect soils and vegetation properties, and are a key driver of land use change. Since the …

Abstract The two Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments on-
board NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites have provided nearly two decades of global fire …