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CA study suggests fire-free forests store less carbon

Friday, May 16, 2008

Quenching forest fires leads to more carbon in the air, says new research carried out in Californian forests. The discovery suggests that forests spared from fire may release more of the greenhouse gas into the air than they absorb. The results of the study will be published in Geophysical Research Letters.

Issue Topic: 
Climate Change

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