Fires Are Keeping Arctic Forest Growth from Offsetting CO2 Release
Scientists hoped new forest growth would trap CO2 released by melting ice and permafrost due to global warming, but a new study shows it’s not enough because wildfires are reducing forest growth. In this July 18, 2018 photo, smoke billows from a fire outside Ljusdal, Sweden. Sweden enlisted its military and volunteers to help fight wildfires above the Arctic Circle. (Maja Suslin/TT via AP) (CN) — Climate change is causing the Arctic to get greener, but those thicker forests will not help battle climate change as well as was hoped, a new study says. Scientists believed that although the wa...
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