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Arctic fires are releasing carbon stored for thousands of years
The wildfires that have been raging in many places around the Arctic in recent years could be contributing much more to global warming than currently thought.
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The wildfires that have been raging in many places around the Arctic in recent years could be contributing much more to global warming than currently thought. It has been assumed that what’s burning is mostly recent plant growth, but a study of soil cores from around the Arctic and boreal regions has shown that these fires are igniting stored carbon that is up to 5000 years old.
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