Fire is important part of global climate change, report scientists
Friday, April 24, 2009 - 15:00
in Earth & Climate
Fire must be accounted for as an integral part of climate change, according to 22 authors of an article published in the 24 April issue of the journal Science. The authors determined that intentional deforestation fires alone contribute up to one-fifth of the human-caused increase in emissions of carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping gas that raises global temperature...
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