Wildfires in Northern Forests Broke Carbon Emissions Records in 2021

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By By Emma Foehringer MerchantMar 22, 2023, 9:00 am574 ptsHot
Boreal forests store huge amounts of carbon, but the warming and drying climate is leading them to burn bigger, hotter and more frequently. By Emma Foehringer Merchant Carbon emissions from wildfires in boreal forests, the earth’s largest land biome and a significant carbon sink, spiked higher in 2021 than in…

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