Drivers of wildfire carbon emissions

Rachel A. Loehman ()
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Rachel A. Loehman: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center

Nature Climate Change, 2020, vol. 10, issue 12, 1070-1071

Abstract: Increasing fire frequency and severity may shift boreal forests from carbon sinks to carbon sources and amplify climate warming. Analysis indicates that fuel characteristics are important drivers of wildfire carbon emissions across a broad range of North America’s boreal forest.

Date: 2020
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