Climate Change and Wildfire in Alaska

Wildfires are a natural part of boreal forest and tundra ecosystems in Alaska. Climate change is increasing the risk of large, frequent, and severe wildfires as ...

How will changing wildfire patterns affect Alaska? Shift from conifers to hardwoods in boreal forests: Increasing fire severity in the Interior has led to a ...

Alaska's Changing Wildfire Environment | IARC

An intensified pattern of wildfire is emerging in Alaska as rapidly increasing temperatures and longer growing seasons alter the state's environment.

Alaska's changing wildfire environment

and more acres are burning as the climate warms. • Alaska's fire environment is vast, complex, and unique. • Managing wildland fire in Alaska ...

Wildfires in Alaska: Shifting landscapes and fire management ...

Fires are a natural part of Arctic ecosystems. But with climate change leading to more intense and destructive wildfire seasons, and wildfire ...

How Stopping Alaskan Wildfires Can Slow Climate Change

We conservatively estimate that keeping Alaskan wildfires at historical levels would avoid the release of up to 950 million metric tons of ...

Cascading effects of climate change and wildfire on a subarctic lake ...

Mean annual air temperature has been increasing in Alaska since the 1970s and is expected to continue to increase through the current ...

5 Things to Know About Historic Alaska Fires - Woodwell Climate

The conditions for this wildfire season were facilitated by climate change, and the emissions that result from them will fuel further warming.

Alaska's Changing Wildfire Environment

Alaska's Changing Wildfire Environment ... An intensified pattern of wildfire is emerging in Alaska as rapidly increasing temperatures and longer growing seasons ...

An Alaska wildlife refuge is changing its wildfire strategy to limit ...

An Alaska wildlife refuge is changing its wildfire strategy to limit carbon emissions ... Baked with the around-the-clock summer sunlight and ...

Wildfire Is Transforming Alaska and Amplifying Climate Change

These so-called zombie fires—thought dead but reanimated—are flaring up as climate change makes the Alaska fire season hotter and longer. From ...

Wildfires in Anchorage? Climate change sparks disaster fears

A recent series of wildfires near Anchorage and the hottest day on record have sparked fears that a warming climate could soon mean serious, untenable blazes ...

Alaska firefighters experiment with targeting blazes to save carbon

A pilot program in Alaska lets firefighters tackle fires deep in the wilderness that burn carbon and speed climate change and don't just ...

Wildfire is transforming Alaska and amplifying climate change | Fire ...

Although conflagrations in lower latitudes get more attention, wildfires across the high north are affecting the planet even more.

A future of more wildfires in Alaska | IARC

Changes in climate have altered the tundra landscapes of Alaska. Thanks to recent decades of warmer springs and summers, there is more ...

Wildland Fire - Alaska (U.S. National Park Service)

The Alaska wildfire season typically begins in late May and ends in late July. On average, one million acres burn statewide each year. During ...

Wildfire in Alaska

However, dramatic new fires patterns may be emerging in high latitudes, linked to climate change. Alaska's 2007 Anaktuvuk fire was the largest tundra fire in ...

Alaska's climate solutions need nature—and people | TNC

Yet across Alaska, we can see the signs of a changing climate in the uptick of extreme weather, landslides and higher risk of uncontrollable wildfires. Over the ...

After a slow start, Alaska wildfire season wraps up as unremarkable

A study newly published in the journal Environmental Research Letters found that areas in Western Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta that have ...

Study: Alaska wildfires could trigger 'runaway climate change'

Wildfires in Interior Alaska have become more severe over the past decade and have released more carbon into the atmosphere than was stored ...