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Australia’s wildfires released as much smoke as a massive volcanic eruption, study finds – CNN

Australia’s devastating recent wildfires thrust as much smoke into the Earth’s atmosphere as a powerful volcanic eruption, causing cooling over the region’s oceans…

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(CNN)Australia’s devastating recent wildfires thrust as much smoke into the Earth’s atmosphere as a powerful volcanic eruption, causing cooling over the region’s oceans with potentially long-lasting impacts, according to the authors of a new study.
Dozens of people died in Australia’s 2019-2020 bushfire season, which was one of the worst on record.More than 10 million hectares of land burned and over a billion animals are estimated to have died, with many species pushed close to extinction.
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