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Ocean Temperatures Can Predict Amazon Fire Season Severity

Written on November 11, 2011.

Peter Lynch, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center By analyzing nearly a decade of satellite data, a team of scientists led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine and funded by NASA has created a model that can successfully predict the severity and geographic distribution of fires in the Amazon rain forest and the rest of South America months in advance. Though previous research has shown that human settlement patterns are the primary factor that drives the distribution...

Drought, deforestation link fuels climate change

Written on December 8, 2008.

In the rainforests of equatorial Asia, the practice of using fire to clear forests and destroy organic soil increases substantially in dry years, releasing huge amounts of climate-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a new international study analyzing six years of weather and fire observations. Jennifer Fitzenberger, University Communications In the rainforests of equatorial Asia, the practice of using fire to clear forests and destroy organic soil increases substantially...