Woods Hole Research Center: Brazilian Amazon Fires Have Released 104-141 Million Metric Tons of CO2
August 30, 2019
August 30, 2019
FALMOUTH, Massachusetts, Aug. 30 -- Woods Hole Research Center issued the following news release:
A new analysis estimates this year's Brazilian Amazon fires have produced between 104 and 141 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to scientists at Woods Hole Research Center and IPAM-Amazonia. That is equivalent to annual tailpipe carbon pollution from 22.6 to 30.6 million cars, or the annual CO2 emissions from the entire state of North Carolina.
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A new analysis estimates this year's Brazilian Amazon fires have produced between 104 and 141 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to scientists at Woods Hole Research Center and IPAM-Amazonia. That is equivalent to annual tailpipe carbon pollution from 22.6 to 30.6 million cars, or the annual CO2 emissions from the entire state of North Carolina.
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