NCA4 Wildfire Figure

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• Teaching Tips
  Great for educating students on graphing data as well as graphical interruption of data.
• About the Science
  This figure is adapted from Abatzoglou and Williams 2016, "Impact of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire across western US forests". For the years 1985 to 2015, the figure highlights modeled burned area that would have occurred without anthropogenic climate change (ACC) (based on model climate projections) and compares this to modeled burned area that accounts for anthropogenic climate change forcing. This resource does not explicitly attribute climate change (CC) to anthropogenic forcing, as was done in the original literature. Because climate change is a natural process which is catalyzed by human activities, being explicit about ACC vs. CC is important here. Passed initial science review - expert science review pending.
• About the Pedagogy
  The figure is surrounded by relevant text about the topic. The resource provides excerpts that students may want more information about, and includes citations of where to obtain more information.
• Technical Details/Ease of Use
  This is a graphic within a larger report.