The “Black Summer” bushfires raged across Australia’s eastern seaboard from late 2019 to early 2020. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SYDNEY - Australia’s “Black Summer” bushfire catastrophe coughed up so much smoke it may have fuelled the global onset of La Niña in 2020, according to new research published on Thursday.
These disruptions could have helped trigger the start of an unusually long La Niña weather pattern, the researchers found.It razed swathes of forest, killed millions of animals, and blanketed cities in noxious smoke.It whipped up a series of devastating tropical cyclones while exacerbating droughts in other parts of the planet.
“The results here suggest a potential connection between this emergence of cool conditions in the eastern Pacific Ocean and the climate response to the Australian wildfire emissions,” the paper stated.
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