@article{fdi:010081414,
  title = {{W}etter environment and increased grazing reduced the area burned in northern {E}urasia from 2002 to 2016},
  author = {{H}ao, {W}. {M}. and {R}eeves, {M}. {C}. and {B}aggett, {L}. {S}. and {B}alkanski, {Y}. and {C}iais, {P}. and {N}ordgren, {B}. {L}. and {P}etkov, {A}. and {C}orley, {R}. {E}. and {M}ouillot, {F}lorent and {U}rbanski, {S}. {P}. and {Y}ue, {C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{N}orthern {E}urasia is currently highly sensitive to climate change. {F}ires in this region can have significant impacts on regional air quality, radiative forcing and black carbon deposition in the {A}rctic which can accelerate ice melting. {U}sing a {MODIS} -derived burned area dataset, we report that the total annual area burned in this region declined by 53 % during the 15-year period from 2002 to 2016. {G}rassland fires dominated this trend, accounting for 93 % of the decline in the total area burned. {G}rassland fires in {K}azakhstan contributed 47 % of the total area burned and 84 % of the decline. {A} wetter climate and increased grazing are the principle driving forces for the decline. {O}ur findings (1) highlight the importance of the complex interactions of climate-vegetation- land use in affecting fire activity and (2) reveal how the resulting impacts on fire activity in a relatively small region such as {K}azakhstan can dominate the trends in burned areas across a much larger landscape of northern {E}urasia.},
  keywords = {{KAZAKHSTAN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{B}iogeosciences},
  volume = {18},
  numero = {8},
  pages = {2559--2572},
  ISSN = {1726-4170},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.5194/bg-18-2559-2021},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081414},
}