El Niño and health risks from landscape fire emissions in southeast Asia

Miriam E. Marlier (), Ruth S. DeFries, Apostolos Voulgarakis (), Patrick L. Kinney, James T. Randerson, Drew T. Shindell, Yang Chen and Greg Faluvegi
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Miriam E. Marlier: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Ruth S. DeFries: Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University
Apostolos Voulgarakis: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University
Patrick L. Kinney: Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
James T. Randerson: University of California
Drew T. Shindell: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University
Yang Chen: University of California
Greg Faluvegi: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University

Nature Climate Change, 2013, vol. 3, issue 2, 131-136

Abstract: Emissions from landscape fires affect both climate and air quality. This study uses satellite-derived fire estimates and atmospheric modelling to quantify the effects on health from fire emissions in southeast Asia from 1997 to 2006. Strong El Nino years are found to increase the incidence of fires, in addition to those caused by anthropogenic land use change, leading to an additional 200 days per year when the WHO atmospheric particle target is exceeded and increase adult mortality by 2%. Reducing regional deforestation and degradation, and thereby forest fires caused by land use change would therefore improve public health.

Date: 2013
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