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Emissions and Smoke

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Emissions and Smoke

Climate
Wildfire and the Global Carbon Cycle

By Josh McDaniel

WINTER 2008
Topics: Fire Ecology, Climate, Economics Emissions & Smoke, Fuels

Large fluxes of carbon into the atmosphere from wildfires can have an impact on the global carbon cycle, and with policy initiatives forming around carbon management and carbon budgets, researchers are scrambling to fill in the gaps regarding the role of fire in carbon emissions and sequestration.

Fact Sheet-Role of Forest Carbon in Climate Change Policy

Climate
The Carbon Leakage Problem

By Josh McDaniel

WINTER 2008
Topics: Fire Ecology, Climate, Economics Emissions & Smoke, Fuels

Forests absorb billions of tons of CO2 globally per year, amounting to about 30% of all CO2 emissions from fossil fuel burning. This freebie economic subsidy may be coming to an end.

Fact Sheet-Role of Forest Carbon in Climate Change Policy

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