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I don't think that necessarily -- I am curious whether it's a possibility, though. Wildfires are a rapidly growing source of air pollution. The black + brown c
by modo_ 7y ago
I don't think that necessarily -- I am curious whether it's a possibility, though.
Wildfires are a rapidly growing source of air pollution. The black + brown carbon aerosols from forest fires can heat the atmosphere significantly [1]. We've seen that emissions from forest fires can effect climate on a global scale.
Climate models attempt to account for heating due to forest fires. But, I'm curious if it's possible that we've underestimated the severity of forest fires in those models.
[1] https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/csd/factsheets/csdWildfiresFIREX.pdf https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/csd/factsheets/csdWildfiresFIREX.p...