Crystal A. Kolden
University of California, Merced
103 Papers
69 Citations
Crystal A. Kolden is an academic researcher from University of California, Merced. The author has contributed to research in topics: Climate change & Vegetation. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 89 publications. Previous affiliations of Crystal A. Kolden include United States Geological Survey & Desert Research Institute.
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Papers
Vegetation fires in the Anthropocene
David M. J. S. Bowman,Crystal A. Kolden,John T. Abatzoglou,Fay H. Johnston,Guido R. van der Werf,Mike D. Flannigan +5 more
- 18 Aug 2020
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe recent global and regional trends in fire activity and examine projections for fire regimes in the near future, concluding that the economic and environmental impacts of vegetation fires will worsen as a result of anthropogenic climate change.
Human exposure and sensitivity to globally extreme wildfire events.
David M. J. S. Bowman,Grant J. Williamson,John T. Abatzoglou,Crystal A. Kolden,Mark A. Cochrane,Alistair M. S. Smith +5 more
TL;DR: Climate change projections suggest an increase in days conducive to extreme wildfire events by 20 to 50% in these disaster-prone landscapes, with sharper increases in the subtropical Southern Hemisphere and European Mediterranean Basin.
Global and Regional Trends and Drivers of Fire Under Climate Change
Matthew W. Jones,John T. Abatzoglou,Sander Veraverbeke,Niels Andela,Gitta Lasslop,Matthias Forkel,Adam J. P. Smith,Chantelle Burton,Richard Betts,Guido R. van der Werf,Stephen Sitch,Josep G. Canadell,Cristina Santín,Crystal A. Kolden,Stefan H. Doerr,Corinne Le Quéré +15 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors present a stocktake of regional trends in fire weather and burned area during recent decades, and examine how fire activity relates to its bioclimatic and human drivers.
Climate change is increasing the likelihood of extreme autumn wildfire conditions across California
Michael Goss,Daniel L. Swain,Daniel L. Swain,Daniel L. Swain,John T. Abatzoglou,John T. Abatzoglou,Ali Sarhadi,Crystal A. Kolden,Crystal A. Kolden,A. Park Williams,Noah S. Diffenbaugh +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors quantify observed changes in the occurrence and magnitude of meteorological factors that enable extreme autumn wildfires in California, and use climate model simulations to ascertain whether these changes are attributable to human-caused climate change.
Climate change presents increased potential for very large fires in the contiguous United States
TL;DR: In this article, an ensemble of 17 global climate models were statistically downscaled over the US for climate experiments covering the historic and mid-21st-century periods to estimate potential changes in VLF occurrence arising from anthropogenic climate change.