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Alaskan forests may store more carbon after being burned by wildfire

Alaskan forests generally contain coniferous trees – but after wildfires sweep through, deciduous trees that store more carbon can become dominant

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Recent Australian wildfires led to record atmospheric pollution

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Changing sounds reveal impact of Amazon fires on animal life

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Wildfire nightmare captured in harrowing image of California burning

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Wildfire nightmare captured in harrowing image of California burning

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Historic California wildfires likely to be fuelled by climate change

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Major fires hit the Amazon and the Arctic for the second year in a row

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Huge amounts of carbon from forest fires ends up in the ocean

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Huge amounts of carbon from forest fires ends up in the ocean

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'Zombie' fires are burning the Arctic after smouldering under snow

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'Zombie' fires are burning the Arctic after smouldering under snow

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Rare herb devastated by Australian bush fires saved by seed bank

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Climate change made Australian bushfires more likely, says report

Australia’s recent devastating bushfires were made more likely by human-made climate change, an international team of scientists has found

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Australia bush fires burned a globally unprecedented area of forest

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Area of Amazon affected by wildfires predicted to grow by 2050

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Australia’s fires are a wake-up call - let’s reduce fossil fuel use

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2019 was Australia’s hottest and driest year on record

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