Australia Fires Caused By Global Warming. Fires can cause “ember storms,” which can lead to additional fires when embers. At the same time, a decline in cool season rainfall in southeast australia is contributing to an increased likelihood of more dangerous bushfires.

In some areas like southeastern australia and california, altered atmospheric patterns may also be creating stronger and/or more frequent high pressure systems, resulting in less precipitation and thus both dryer conditions. This is because, since the 1930’s humans have developed effective fire managemen. The fact is that australia and the world is having far less forest fires.

And without exception, global warming is blamed as the culprit.

Australia’s bushfires and the conditions behind them are alarming and unprecedented, but not unexpected. There is no doubt climate change must be tackled as an urgent priority but it is equally. As australia's horror bushfire season continues, some are insisting that it was driven by global warming, but was it? It is very easy for the global warming crowd to make claims that every hot day proves their theory or that a drought in australia is the result of co2.