The wildfires that ravaged Canada’s boreal forests in 2023 produced more planet-warming carbon emissions than the burning of fossil fuels in all but three countries, research published on Wednesday has found.
Only China, the United States and India produced more emissions from fossil fuels than the Canadian fires, according to the study, which was published in the journal Nature.
The wildfires last year call into question how much carbon the forests will absorb in the future, scientists said. That, in turn, may make it necessary to reconsider calculations of how much more greenhouse gas humans can add to the atmosphere without pushing temperatures beyond current global targets.
They should really consider switching from wildfires to some sort of renewable fire.
The wildfires last year call into question how much carbon the forests will absorb in the future, scientists said.
I guess if the Canadians log said forest, anything that they pull out that doesn’t wind up burning is captured carbon.
America gets pissy when we do that because of the softwood lumber argument that never ends.
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