Drivers and Impacts of the Record-Breaking 2023 Wildfire Season in Canada

Jain, Piyush; E. Barber, Quinn; Taylor, Stephen; Whitman, Ellen; Castellanos Acuna, Dante; Boulanger, Yan; D. Chavardès, Raphaël; Chen, Jack; Englefield, Peter; Flannigan, Mike; P. Girardin, Martin; C. Hanes, Chelene; M. Little, John; Morrison, Kimberly; Skakun, Rob; K. Thompson, Dan; Wang, Xianli; Parisien, Marc‐André

doi:10.1038/s41467-024-51154-7

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Drivers and Impacts of the Record-Breaking 2023 Wildfire Season in Canada

Published in Nature Communications • Aug 20, 2024

Authors:

Piyush Jain

Quinn E. Barber

Stephen Taylor

Abstract

The 2023 wildfire season in Canada was unprecedented in its scale and intensity, spanning from mid-April to late October and across much of the forested regions of Canada. Here, we summarize the main causes and impacts of this exceptional season. The record-breaking total area burned (~15 Mha) can b...

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Climate change

Environmental science

Snowmelt

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