Fires jeopardize world’s carbon sinks

Fires jeopardize world’s carbon sinks | Nature Geoscience

As climate change accelerates, fire regimes are increasingly disrupting ecosystems and carbon storage. A modelling study reveals that fire is already acting to substantially weaken global carbon sinks, potentially undermining efforts to limit warming.

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Mao, J. Fires jeopardize world’s carbon sinks. Nat. Geosci. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01562-7

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