Millions of years of soot deposits reveal wildfire cycles related to climate change
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 07:50
in Earth & Climate
A study led by An Zhisheng from the Institute of Earth Environment (IEE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed a linkage between glacial cycles and inland Asian high-intensity wildfire events by analyzing high-resolution soot deposition over the last 2.6 million years. The study was published online in PNAS on Feb. 24.