"Carbon emissions from forest fires increased more than 60 percent globally over the past two decades, according to a new study."
"Forests not only serve as refuges from city life, but could also be the last fortresses between a livable planet and an increasingly hostile one.
Forests can pull carbon from the air and store it in roots and leaves, locking it out of the atmosphere. Through complex markets, nations can bank trees to lower their greenhouse gas emissions while continuing to use fossil fuels, the root cause of climate change.
But those forests are burning up. Global carbon emissions from forest fires have increased 60 percent since 2001, according to a new study published Thursday.
“We had to check the calculations because it’s such a big number,” said Matthew Jones, the lead author of the report and a physical geographer at the University of East Anglia in England. “It’s revealed something quite staggering.”"
Austyn Gaffney reports for the New York Times October 17, 2024.
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"Where Forest Fires Have Caused An Alarming Increase In Carbon Emissions" (Washington Post)
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