Increasing wildfires threaten to turn Northern Hemisphere’s boreal forests from vital carbon stores into climate heaters
Boreal forests store one-third of all terrestrial carbon - but for how long?
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Why the Arthur’s Seat burn is a cautionary tale for the UK’s wildfire management strategy
Fire isn’t the enemy. Poorly timed, unmanaged fire is.
‘This was something new’: what people in Greenland told us about learning to live with wildfires
It’s the new reality in an Arctic where the climate is changing fast.
We can’t stop wildfires – we need to relearn how to live with them
We need to learn to coexist with wildfires the way many ecosystems do. We won’t protect lives in the long term by trying to stamp the fires out.
How climate change is increasing the risk of wildfires
The dry arid conditions that come with a high CO2 atmospheres are the perfect tinderbox for wildfires.
Greece wildfires: how climate change is involved, and what we can do about it
Climate change promotes ideal conditions for catastrophic fires, but the most drastic changes can still be avoided.
Wildfires have wreaked havoc this summer – these plants were prepared
Climate change is making fires more frequent and severe in the Canary Islands, pushing plants to their evolutionary limit.
How rewilding could help stop the spread of Britain’s wildfires
Done properly, rewilded landscapes are more fire-resistant.
How traditional Himalayan burning could help prevent mega wildfires
Traditional burning in Uttarakhand shows how communities live with fire, yet what they do is often misinterpreted as dangerous.
Forests destroyed by wildfires emit carbon long after the flames die – new study
Carbon lost during the 2018 fire season in Sweden could take 40 years to return to trees and soil.
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