Palaeodata-informed modelling of large carbon losses from recent burning of boreal forests

Ryan Kelly (), Hélène Genet, A. David McGuire and Feng Sheng Hu ()
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Ryan Kelly: University of Illinois
Hélène Genet: Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska
A. David McGuire: US Geological Survey, Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Alaska
Feng Sheng Hu: University of Illinois

Nature Climate Change, 2016, vol. 6, issue 1, 79-82

Abstract: Wildfires play an important role in boreal forest carbon cycling but short records make projections difficult. Research utilizing palaeoenvironmental data now points to increasing Alaskan boreal forest fire activity in response to warming.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2832

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