Frequent, Severe Fires Turn Alaskan Forests into a Carbon Production Line
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 14:30
in Earth & Climate
Alaskan forests used to be key players in Mother Nature's game plan for regulating carbon dioxide levels in the air. But now, American and Canadian researchers report that climate change is causing wildfires to burn more widely and severely, turning Alaska's black spruce forests from carbon repositories to generators of it.