Help! The Earth is on fire

In early June last year wildfire blazed across Eastern Canada, causing an air quality in New York City among other highly populated areas. The terrible scale of this event led us to ask the questions, how much more likely did climate change make these fires? And how much more likely can we expect them to become in the future? Join us to answer these questions and more in a (hopefully) pleasant stroll through the (hopefully not) fire-blasted landscape of future Canada!

You unlock your phone and another article about climate devastation pops up, alongside it the image of a raging wildfire. In recent years, wildfires have become synonymous with the climate emergency. But wildfires have shaped the Earth since the beginning of time, long before humans arrived. So, what drives wildfires? This talk will explore how satellite data helps scientists map wildfires globally and understand their pattern. In turn, this can inform us on what wildfires were like in the past, and how they might change in the future.