megafire

English

Etymology

From mega- +‎ fire.

Noun

megafire (plural megafires)

1. A very large wildfire, typically one covering more than 100,000 acres.

   Coordinate term: megastorm

   • 2015 November 20, Tim Flannery, “Climate crisis: seaweed, coffee and cement could save the planet”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     This increase means that almost every aspect of the Earth’s climate system is now influenced by humanity, and the consequences – droughts, heatwaves, megafires, melting glaciers and rising oceans – are now well understood.

   • 2020 September 22, John Branch, Brad Plumer, “Climate Disruption Is Now Locked In”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     There remains much that can be done to limit the damage to come, to brace against the coming megafires and superstorms and save lives and hold onto a thriving civilization.

   • 2021 July 20, Jack Healy, Sophie Kasakove, “A Drought So Dire That a Utah Town Pulled the Plug on Growth”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN:

     Across the Western United States, a summer of record-breaking drought, heat waves and megafires exacerbated by climate change is forcing millions of people to confront an inescapable string of disasters that challenge the future of growth.