Does when snow disappears from a region affect the timing or size of fires that start in spring? 🧵: As researchers look at the record-breaking 2023 #CanadaFires season for clues about future fire trends in boreal forests, a new study in @EGU_BioGeo offers insight /1
A team led by researchers @VUClimatEco @VU_EarthScience w/ @woodwellarctic analyzed continent-wide data across Canada and Alaska between 2001-2019 to ID when snow disappeared in spring, and whether it affected when fires started. bg.copernicus.org/articles/21/10… /2
Fuel dryness has been linked to earlier ignitions and larger fires. And a longer snow-free season seems to mean more time for forest fuels to dry out. But the @VUClimatEco research team wanted to see how this snow and fire timing played out in different boreal ecoregions. /3