Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Intensified forest wildfires, driven by climate change, release reactive gases that lead to reduced atmospheric oxidation capacity, hence increasing methane levels and amplifying warming. Our integrated analysis of fire and chemistry models projects that additional warming by this mechanism rivals that of wetland methane feedback and fire CO 2 feedback by the 2050s under the intermediate climate pathway. Our finding highlights a critical role of atmospheric chemistry in regulating fire-climate feedback.
Source: Nature Geoscience
Authors: Wei Chen, Yuzhong Zhang, Yufei Zou, Zhen Zhang
Language: English
Topic: Fire effects on ecosystems
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDGs: Climate action, Life on land
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $12,690
Funders: Westlake University, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, University of Science and Technology of China, National Key Research and Development Program of China, National Supercomputing Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
OpenAlex ID: W7130503431