Recent trends in African fires driven by cropland expansion and El Niño to La Niña transition

Niels Andela () and Guido R. van der Werf
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Niels Andela: Earth and Climate Cluster, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University
Guido R. van der Werf: Earth and Climate Cluster, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University

Nature Climate Change, 2014, vol. 4, issue 9, 791-795

Abstract: Africa is sometimes called ‘the burning continent’ owing to the prevalent use of fire for landscape management. This study shows that precipitation changes associated with El Niño/Southern Oscillation help explain fire trends in Africa over the period 2001–2012. However, a shift in land use from savannah to cropland also reduced fire prevalence in the northern half of the continent.

Date: 2014
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