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Alaskan forests may store more carbon after being burned by wildfire

15 April 2021

Alaskan forests generally contain coniferous trees – but after wildfires sweep through, deciduous trees that store more carbon can become dominant
Huge amounts of carbon from forest fires ends up in the ocean

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

3 June 2020

About a third of the black carbon created when plants are partially burned ends up in oceans via rivers, a finding that helps us model carbon storage and climate change

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