Estimation of carbon dioxide emissions from the megafires of Australia in 2019-2020.

ABSTRACT: Catastrophic fires occurred in Australia between 2019 and 2020. These fires burned vast areas and caused extensive damage to the environment and wildlife. In this study, we estimated the carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from these fires using a bottom-up method involving the improved burnt area approach and up-to-date remote sensing datasets to create monthly time series distribution maps for Australia from January 2019 to February 2020. The highest monthly CO₂ emissions in Australia since 2001 were recorded in December 2019. The estimated annual CO₂ emissions from March 2019 to February 2020 in Australia were 806 ± 69.7 Tg CO₂ year^-1, equivalent to 1.5 times its total greenhouse gas emissions (CO₂ equivalent) in 2017. New Sou

SUBMITTER: Shiraishi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8050065 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature