Woods Hole Research Center: Larger, More Frequent Boreal Forest Fires Threaten Legacy Carbon Stores
August 22, 2019
August 22, 2019
FALMOUTH, Massachusetts, Aug. 22 -- Woods Hole Research Center issued the following news release:
Pools of old carbon in the soil of boreal forests historically safe from combustion are being released by more frequent and larger wildfires, a team led by researchers at Northern Arizona University (NAU) announced in Nature this week. As the climate of these forests in the Northwest Territories of Canada becomes warmer and drier and prone to more frequent fires, the combustion of " . . .
Pools of old carbon in the soil of boreal forests historically safe from combustion are being released by more frequent and larger wildfires, a team led by researchers at Northern Arizona University (NAU) announced in Nature this week. As the climate of these forests in the Northwest Territories of Canada becomes warmer and drier and prone to more frequent fires, the combustion of " . . .