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New research suggests that northern forests, damaged by forest fires, won’t be able to sequester as much carbon as previously expected, making efforts to reduce carbon emissions all the more urgent.
Northern Forest Fires Could Accelerate Climate Change
The study focused on wooded peatland and forests like the landscape pictured here near the town of Wrigley in Canada’s Northwest Territories. This drone imagery was taken by then-BU PhD candidate Jonathan Wang during June 2017.
Courtesy of Jonathan Wang Northern Forest Fires Could Accelerate Climate Change
BU researchers used NASA satellite imaging data to analyze 30 years of Earth’s northern forests and found that fires are increasingly hampering forests’ ability to capture and store atmospheric carbon
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New research indicates that the computer-based models currently used to simulate how Earth’s climate will change in the future underestimate the impact that forest fires and drying climate are having on the world’s northernmost forests, which make up the largest forest biome on the planet. It’s an important understanding because these norther