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Wildfires in Northern Forests Broke Carbon Emissions Records in 2021

Inside Climate News · By Emma Foehringer Merchant · last updated
Boreal forests store huge amounts of carbon, but the warming and drying climate is leading them to burn bigger, hotter and more frequently.

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

Carbon emissions from wildfires in boreal forests, the earth’s largest land biome and a significant carbon sink, spiked higher in 2021 than in any of the last 20 years, according to new research. 

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