The impact of boreal forest fire on climate warming

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

doi:10.1126/science.1132075

The impact of boreal forest fire on climate warming

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

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1130-1132
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	314
Issue number	5802
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1132075
State	Published - Nov 17 2006

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Randerson, J. T., Liu, H., Flanner, M. G., Chambers, S. D., Jin, Y., Hess, P. G., Pfister, G., Mack, M. C., Treseder, K. K., Welp, L. R., Chapin, F. S., Harden, J. W., Goulden, M. L., Lyons, E., Neff, J. C., Schuur, E. A. G., & Zender, C. S. (2006). The impact of boreal forest fire on climate warming. Science, 314(5802), 1130-1132. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1132075

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