Prescribed burns may help reduce US carbon footprint
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 13:35
in Earth & Climate
The use of prescribed burns to manage Western forests may help the United States reduce its carbon footprint. A new study finds that such burns, often used by forest managers to reduce underbrush and protect bigger trees, release substantially less carbon dioxide emissions than wildfires of the same size.
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