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Table 4 The area of forest fires within national parks and national forests under climate change scenarios during 2006–2050

From: Projecting the spatiotemporal carbon dynamics of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem from 2006 to 2050

 

National park

National forest

 

cgcm

csiro

miroc

cgcm

csiro

miroc

 

B1

A2

A1B

B1

A2

A1B

B1

A2

A1B

B1

A2

A1B

B1

A2

A1B

B1

A2

A1B

Burned forest (km2)

344

322

441

233

275

897

706

510

280

1837

1607

1664

1515

1821

1981

1810

1689

1675

Burned forest (%)*

4.70

4.40

6.02

3.19

3.75

12.25

9.65

6.97

3.82

6.94

6.07

6.29

5.72

6.88

7.49

6.84

6.38

6.33

  1. *In 2006, forested area within NP is 7,321 km2 and forested area within NF is 26,457 km2.