As relevant to the current fire situations, this new research highlights that in California *and* eastern Australia, we might swing more often or more intensely,from wet to dry. Such swings produce more dry fuels for fires. Bummer. For both.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00624-z
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00624-z
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Daniel Swain
In a warming climate, we are seeing broad global increases in what we term "#HydroclimateWhiplash"--and thus increasingly frequent and/or intense swings between extremely wet and extremely dry conditions. Why does that matter in ths context of wildfire? www.nature.com/artic...
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