@article{ref1,
title="Biophysical feedback of global forest fires on surface temperature",
journal="Nature communications",
year="2019",
author="Liu, Zhihua and Ballantyne, Ashley P. and Cooper, L. Annie",
volume="10",
number="1",
pages="e214-e214",
abstract="The biophysical feedbacks of forest fire on Earth's surface radiative budget remain uncertain at the global scale. Using satellite observations, we show that fire-induced forest loss accounts for about 15% of global forest loss, mostly in northern high latitudes. Forest fire increases surface temperature by 0.15 K (0.12 to 0.19 K) one year following fire in burned area globally. In high-latitudes, the initial positive climate-fire feedback was mainly attributed to reduced evapotranspiration and sustained for approximately 5 years. Over longer-term (> 5 years), increases in albedo dominated the surface radiative budget resulting in a net cooling effect. In tropical regions, fire had a long-term weaker warming effect mainly due to reduced evaporative cooling. Globally, biophysical feedbacks of fire-induced surface warming one year after fire are equivalent to 62% of warming due to annual fire-related CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Our results suggest that changes in the severity and/or frequency of fire disturbance may have strong impacts on Earth's surface radiative budget and climate, especially at high latitudes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2041-1723",
doi="10.1038/s41467-018-08237-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08237-z"
}