Articles | Volume 16, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-3601-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-3601-2024
Review article
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14 Aug 2024
Review article |  | 14 Aug 2024

State of Wildfires 2023–2024

Matthew W. Jones, Douglas I. Kelley, Chantelle A. Burton, Francesca Di Giuseppe, Maria Lucia F. Barbosa, Esther Brambleby, Andrew J. Hartley, Anna Lombardi, Guilherme Mataveli, Joe R. McNorton, Fiona R. Spuler, Jakob B. Wessel, John T. Abatzoglou, Liana O. Anderson, Niels Andela, Sally Archibald, Dolors Armenteras, Eleanor Burke, Rachel Carmenta, Emilio Chuvieco, Hamish Clarke, Stefan H. Doerr, Paulo M. Fernandes, Louis Giglio, Douglas S. Hamilton, Stijn Hantson, Sarah Harris, Piyush Jain, Crystal A. Kolden, Tiina Kurvits, Seppe Lampe, Sarah Meier, Stacey New, Mark Parrington, Morgane M. G. Perron, Yuquan Qu, Natasha S. Ribeiro, Bambang H. Saharjo, Jesus San-Miguel-Ayanz, Jacquelyn K. Shuman, Veerachai Tanpipat, Guido R. van der Werf, Sander Veraverbeke, and Gavriil Xanthopoulos

Data sets

Update of: The Global Fire Atlas of individual fire size, duration, speed and direction N. Andela and M. W. Jones https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11400062

State of Wildfires 2023-24: Anomalies in Burned Area, Fire Emissions, and Individual Fire Characteristics by Continent, Biome, Country, and Administrative Region M. W. Jones et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11400539

State of Wildfires 2023-24: ConFire data D. I. Kelley et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11420742

Model code and software

ibicus v1.0.1 (v1.0.1) F. Spuler and J. Wessel https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8101898

State of Wildfires report 2023/24 Analysis code (SoW23_v0.1) D. I. Kelley et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11460380

State of Wildfires 2023/24 -- JULES Bias adjustment F. Spuler and J. Wessel https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13255783

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Short summary
This inaugural State of Wildfires report catalogues extreme fires of the 2023–2024 fire season. For key events, we analyse their predictability and drivers and attribute them to climate change and land use. We provide a seasonal outlook and decadal projections. Key anomalies occurred in Canada, Greece, and western Amazonia, with other high-impact events catalogued worldwide. Climate change significantly increased the likelihood of extreme fires, and mitigation is required to lessen future risk.
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