Human amplification of drought-induced biomass burning in Indonesia since 1960

Field, Robert D.; Werf, Guido R. van der; Shen, Samuel S. P.

doi:10.1038/ngeo443

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“…This is very unusual in this wet swamp ecosystem and was not observed to this extent before 1997 (23). The El Niño episode of 2006 caused a drier and longer dry season than usual.…”

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Derivation of burn scar depths and estimation of carbon emissions with LIDAR in Indonesian peatlands

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Siegert

Mason

et al. 2009

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…This is very unusual in this wet swamp ecosystem and was not observed to this extent before 1997 (23). The El Niño episode of 2006 caused a drier and longer dry season than usual.…”

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confidence: 99%

Derivation of burn scar depths and estimation of carbon emissions with LIDAR in Indonesian peatlands

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Siegert

Mason

et al. 2009

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…Fires are typically lit by humans as a management tool in EQAS, but the burning often goes out of control during dry years, especially in areas where peatland drainage for agriculture and palm plantation has lowered the water table [van der Werf et al, 2008]. Abnormally large fires occur during El Niño droughts, causing negative health, ecological, and economic impacts [Field et al, 2009;Marlier et al, 2015]. An iconic example is the extreme Indonesian fire event associated with the 1997 El Niño, which was estimated to release 0.8-2.6 Pg C to the atmosphere [Page et al, 2002].…”

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Variability of fire carbon emissions in equatorial Asia and its nonlinear sensitivity to El Niño

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Ciais

Chevallier

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Geophysical Research Letters

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The large peatland carbon stocks in the land use change‐affected areas of equatorial Asia are vulnerable to fire. Combining satellite observations of active fire, burned area, and atmospheric concentrations of combustion tracers with a Bayesian inversion, we estimated the amount and variability of fire carbon emissions in equatorial Asia over the period 1997–2015. Emissions in 2015 were of 0.51 ± 0.17 Pg carbon—less than half of the emissions from the previous 1997 extreme El Niño, explained by a less acute water deficit. Fire severity could be empirically hindcasted from the cumulative water deficit with a lead time of 1 to 2 months. Based on CMIP5 climate projections and an exponential empirical relationship found between fire carbon emissions and water deficit, we infer a total fire carbon loss ranging from 12 to 25 Pg by 2100 which is a significant positive feedback to climate warming.

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“…4), depending on climatic conditions (see e.g. Field et al 2009). Consequently, regional level coarse resolution approaches have indicated that also the extent of fire-induced forest degradation in the Amazon varies considerably between years (Morton et al 2013).…”

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On the extent of fire-induced forest degradation in Mato Grosso, Brazilian Amazon, in 2000, 2005 and 2010

Miettinen

Shimabukuro

Beuchle

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Int. J. Wildland Fire

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Abstract. In this paper we analyse the extent of fire-induced forest degradation in Mato Grosso State, Brazil. We utilise a sample based approach used in a previous pan-tropical deforestation survey to derive information on land cover and burned areas in the two major biomes of Mato Grosso: Amazon and Cerrado. Land cover and burned area are mapped for three years (2000-2005-2010) over 77 sample sites (10 000 ha each) distributed systematically throughout the state which covers 90.337 Mha. Our results indicate continuing forest degradation by fires in the state and potentially increasing fire susceptibility of the Amazon forests, regardless of the decrease in deforestation. 2010 witnessed the most extensive fireinduced forest degradation (,300 000 ha) in the forests of the Amazon biome among the study years, regardless of the fact that the fire season was less severe than in 2005. Deforestation in the Amazon biome in Mato Grosso dropped from 590 000 ha year À1 in the 2000-2005 period to 190 000 ha year À1 in the second half of the decade. The findings of this study advocate the inclusion of forest fire effects into carbon accounting initiatives.

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Human amplification of drought-induced biomass burning in Indonesia since 1960

Cited by 361 publications

References 28 publications

Derivation of burn scar depths and estimation of carbon emissions with LIDAR in Indonesian peatlands

Derivation of burn scar depths and estimation of carbon emissions with LIDAR in Indonesian peatlands

Variability of fire carbon emissions in equatorial Asia and its nonlinear sensitivity to El Niño

On the extent of fire-induced forest degradation in Mato Grosso, Brazilian Amazon, in 2000, 2005 and 2010

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