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Wildfires Play Bigger Role in Climate Change than Previously Thought
2014-08-04 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Wildfires and other types of fires involving plant matter play a much bigger role in climate change and human health than previously thought, according to a recent study. Scientists have long known that biomass burning - burning forests to create agricultural lands, burning savannah as a ritual, slash-and-burn agriculture and wildfires - figures into climate change and public health. But this study, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, is the first to measure the degree...
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