Huh I'm curious about whether this is really that bad. Eastern Europe (including and most of all, Russia) have peat lands which are extremely dense decayed pla

Huh I'm curious about whether this is really that bad. Eastern Europe (including and most of all, Russia) have peat lands which are extremely dense decayed plant matter that has, over many many years, compressed to the point where it has more carbon than coal. Russia's forest fires (having killed tens of thousands in 2010 and 2012 each) are the worst because the dense peat in the ground continues to burn through the years and nothing but a huge investment in landscaping will help put it out. If decomposers are unable to create the peat as fast, it might make controlling the fires far easier in the short term because the peat won't continue burning, thus decreasing the risk of a catastrophic forest fire spreading nuclear ash everywhere. Edit: That said, peat takes thousands of years to build up so it might not make any difference whatsoever.