The Arctic is burning like never before — and that’s bad news for climate change

Alexandra Witze

Nature, 2020, vol. 585, issue 7825, 336-337

Abstract: Fires are releasing record levels of carbon dioxide, partly because they are burning ancient peatlands that have been a carbon sink.

Keywords: Forestry; Environmental sciences; Atmospheric science; Climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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