Wetter environment and increased grazing reduced the area burned in northern Eurasia from 2002 to 2016

Hao, Wei Min; Reeves, Matthew C.; Baggett, L. Scott; Balkanski, Yves; Ciais, Philippe; Nordgren, Bryce L.; Petkov, Alexander; Corley, Rachel E.; Mouillot, Florent; Urbanski, Shawn P.; Yue, Chao

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-2559-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-2559-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-2559-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 8

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22 Apr 2021

Research article |

| 22 Apr 2021

Wetter environment and increased grazing reduced the area burned in northern Eurasia from 2002 to 2016

Wei Min Hao, Matthew C. Reeves, L. Scott Baggett, Yves Balkanski, Philippe Ciais, Bryce L. Nordgren, Alexander Petkov, Rachel E. Corley, Florent Mouillot, Shawn P. Urbanski, and Chao Yue

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Daily black carbon emissions data from fires in Northern Eurasia for 2002-2015 W. M. Hao, A. Petkov, B. L. Nordgren, R. E. Corley, R. P. Silverstein, and S. P. Urbanski https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2016-0036

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We examined the trends in the spatial and temporal distribution of the area burned in northern Eurasia from 2002 to 2016. The annual area burned in this region declined by 53 % during the 15-year period under analysis. Grassland fires in Kazakhstan dominated the fire activity, comprising 47 % of the area burned but accounting for 84 % of the decline. A wetter climate and the increase in grazing livestock in Kazakhstan are the major factors contributing to the decline in the area burned.