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Repeated fires dampen forests’ ability to absorb carbon dioxide, study finds – E&T Magazine
The capacity for forests in regions that suffer from extreme repeated fires to store large amounts of carbon is falling, according to researchers.
The capacity for forests in regions that suffer from extreme repeated fires to store large amounts of carbon is falling, according to researchers.
In an analysis of decades worth of data on the impact of repeated fires on ecosystems across the world by a Cambridge University team, repeated fires have been shown to drive long-term changes to tree communities and reduce their population sizes and associated carbon stored within.
The study found that the effects only emerge over the course of several…
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