The Impact of Boreal Forest Fire on Climate Warming

Author:

Randerson J. T.12345,Liu H.12345,Flanner M. G.12345,Chambers S. D.12345,Jin Y.12345,Hess P. G.12345,Pfister G.12345,Mack M. C.12345,Treseder K. K.12345,Welp L. R.12345,Chapin F. S.12345,Harden J. W.12345,Goulden M. L.12345,Lyons E.12345,Neff J. C.12345,Schuur E. A. G.12345,Zender C. S.12345

Affiliation:

1. Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.

2. Department of Physics, Atmospheric Science, and General Science, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA.

3. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Environmental Division, Menai, NSW 2234, Australia.

4. Atmospheric Chemistry Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80301, USA.

5. Department of Botany, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.

Abstract

We report measurements and analysis of a boreal forest fire, integrating the effects of greenhouse gases, aerosols, black carbon deposition on snow and sea ice, and postfire changes in surface albedo. The net effect of all agents was to increase radiative forcing during the first year (34 ± 31 Watts per square meter of burned area), but to decrease radiative forcing when averaged over an 80-year fire cycle (–2.3 ± 2.2 Watts per square meter) because multidecadal increases in surface albedo had a larger impact than fire-emitted greenhouse gases. This result implies that future increases in boreal fire may not accelerate climate warming.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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