18-03-2022 16:00 via feeds.gizmodo.com.au

Wildfires Are Fuelling a Dangerous Feedback Loop of Arctic Warming

Wildfires across the globe are contributing to conditions that make future fires more likely, new research finds. The study estimates that brown carbon emissions from sources like wildfires are a greater contributor to warming in the Arctic atmosphere than previously thought. And because this warming then contributes to the weather conditions that give rise to wildfires in the first place, today’s fires are likely helping fuel increasingly stronger ones in the future, the researchers say.B
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