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That's not from sequestered carbon, so over a decade it is probably zero net CO2 contribution - forests grow and sequester carbon, then they burn and release it
by MagnumOpus 10y ago
That's not from sequestered carbon, so over a decade it is probably zero net CO2 contribution - forests grow and sequester carbon, then they burn and release it, rinse, repeat.
Now, the methane released from underneath thawing permafrost - that's actually dangerous - but there's not much that can be done to manage that to my knowledge...
- Const-me 10y agoLarge parts of the territory affected by the fires were once peat bogs: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dan_Hammarlund/publication/264039044/figure/fig1/AS:296035403485193@1447591748394/Figure-1-Location-of-study-sites-Map-showing-the-distribution-of-northern-peatlands.png https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dan_Hammarlund/publicat... The carbon in those was sequestered; under normal circumstances, it would remain buried for millennia.