@article{fdi:010089618, title = {{A}ssessing changes in global fire regimes}, author = {{S}ayedi, {S}. {S}. and {A}bbott, {B}. {W}. and {V}anni{\`e}re, {B}. and {L}eys, {B}. and {C}olombaroli, {D}. and {R}omera, {G}. {G}. and {S}lowinski, {M}. and {A}leman, {J}. {C}. and {B}larquez, {O}. and {F}eurdean, {A}. and {B}rown, {K}. and {A}akala, {T}. and {A}lenius, {T}. and {A}llen, {K}. and {A}ndric, {M}. and {B}ergeron, {Y}. and {B}iagioni, {S}. and {B}radshaw, {R}. and {B}remond, {L}. and {B}risset, {E}. and {B}rooks, {J}. and {B}rugger, {S}. {O}. and {B}russel, {T}. and {C}add, {H}. and {C}agliero, {E}. and {C}arcaillet, {C}. and {C}arter, {V}. and {C}atry, {F}. {X}. and {C}hampreux, {A}. and {C}haste, {E}. and {C}havard{\`e}s, {R}. {D}. and {C}hipman, {M}. and {C}onedera, {M}. and {C}onnor, {S}. and {C}onstantine, {M}. and {M}ustaphi, {C}. {C}. and {D}abengwa, {A}. {N}. and {D}aniels, {W}. and {D}e {B}oer, {E}. and {D}ietze, {E}. and {E}strany, {J}. and {F}ernandes, {P}. and {F}insinger, {W}. and {F}lantua, {S}. {G}. {A}. and {F}ox-{H}ughes, {P}. and {G}aboriau, {D}. {M}. and {G}ayo, {E}. {M}. and {G}irardin, {M}. {P}. and {G}lenn, {J}. and {G}lückler, {R}. and {G}onzález-{A}rango, {C}. and {G}roves, {M}. and {H}amilton, {D}. {S}. and {H}amilton, {R}. {J}. and {H}antson, {S}. and {H}apsari, {K}. {A}. and {H}ardiman, {M}. and {H}awthorne, {D}. and {H}offman, {K}. and {I}noue, {J}. and {K}arp, {A}. {T}. and {K}rebs, {P}. and {K}ulkarni, {C}. and {K}uosmanen, {N}. and {L}acourse, {T}. and {L}edru, {M}arie-{P}ierre and {L}estienne, {M}. and {L}ong, {C}. and {L}ópez-{S}áez, {J}. {A}. and {L}oughlin, {N}. and {N}iklasson, {M}. and {M}adrigal, {J}. and {M}aezumi, {S}. {Y}. and {M}arcisz, {K}. and {M}ariani, {M}. and {M}c{W}ethy, {D}. and {M}eyer, {G}. and {M}olinari, {C}. and {M}ontoya, {E}. and {M}ooney, {S}. and {M}orales-{M}olino, {C}. and {M}orris, {J}. and {M}oss, {P}. and {O}liveras, {I}. and {P}ereira, {J}. {M}. and {P}ezzatti, {G}. {B}. and {P}ickarski, {N}. and {P}ini, {R}. and {R}ehn, {E}. and {R}emy, {C}. {C}. and {R}evelles, {J}. and {R}ius, {D}. and {R}obin, {V}. and {R}uan, {Y}. {M}. and {R}udaya, {N}. and {R}ussell-{S}mith, {J}. and {S}eppä, {H}. and {S}humilovskikh, {L}. and {S}ommers, {W}. {T}. and {T}avsanoglu, Ç and {U}mbanhowar, {C}. and {U}rquiaga, {E}. and {U}rrego, {D}. and {V}achula, {R}. {S}. and {W}allenius, {T}. and {Y}ou, {C}. and {D}aniau, {A}. {L}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{B}ackground {T}he global human footprint has fundamentally altered wildfire regimes, creating serious consequences for human health, biodiversity, and climate. {H}owever, it remains difficult to project how long-term interactions among land use, management, and climate change will affect fire behavior, representing a key knowledge gap for sustainable management. {W}e used expert assessment to combine opinions about past and future fire regimes from 99 wildfire researchers. {W}e asked for quantitative and qualitative assessments of the frequency, type, and implications of fire regime change from the beginning of the {H}olocene through the year 2300. {R}esults {R}espondents indicated some direct human influence on wildfire since at least 12,000 years {BP}, though natural climate variability remained the dominant driver of fire regime change until around 5,000 years {BP}, for most study regions. {R}esponses suggested a ten-fold increase in the frequency of fire regime change during the last 250 years compared with the rest of the {H}olocene, corresponding first with the intensification and extensification of land use and later with anthropogenic climate change. {L}ooking to the future, fire regimes were predicted to intensify, with increases in frequency, severity, and size in all biomes except grassland ecosystems. {F}ire regimes showed different climate sensitivities across biomes, but the likelihood of fire regime change increased with higher warming scenarios for all biomes. {B}iodiversity, carbon storage, and other ecosystem services were predicted to decrease for most biomes under higher emission scenarios. {W}e present recommendations for adaptation and mitigation under emerging fire regimes, while recognizing that management options are constrained under higher emission scenarios. {C}onclusion {T}he influence of humans on wildfire regimes has increased over the last two centuries. {T}he perspective gained from past fires should be considered in land and fire management strategies, but novel fire behavior is likely given the unprecedented human disruption of plant communities, climate, and other factors. {F}uture fire regimes are likely to degrade key ecosystem services, unless climate change is aggressively mitigated. {E}xpert assessment complements empirical data and modeling, providing a broader perspective of fire science to inform decision making and future research priorities.}, keywords = {{B}iome ; {C}limate change ; {E}cosystem services ; {E}xpert assessment ; {F}ire regime ; {H}olocene ; {M}anagement ; {MONDE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{F}ire {E}cology}, volume = {20}, numero = {1}, pages = {18 [22 p.]}, ISSN = {1933-9747}, year = {2024}, DOI = {10.1186/s42408-023-00237-9}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010089618}, }