>Wildfires are burning through the carbon budget that humans have allocated themselves to limit global heating, a study shows.
The authors said this accelerating trend was approaching – and may have already breached – a “critical temperature threshold” after which fires cause significant shifts in tree cover and carbon storage.
>Forests are going up in smoke in Brazil, the US, Greece, Portugal and even the Arctic Circle amid the Earth’s two hottest years in recorded history.
Each fire has a double impact on the global climate: first, by emitting carbon from the burned trees, and second, by reducing the capacity of forests to absorb carbon dioxide.
GarryMingepopoulis on
“Carbon budget”, fucking LOL. Like, the one where the books where cooked, from the start?
MisterRipster on
we need to think about what we replant
Black777Legit on
its kind of over for mankind, it will get worse. a lot worse.
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SciPantheism on
Been waiting for this headline for a while
flossdaily on
I wonder how bad it will get before we see the first efforts to actively darken the sky to combat global warming. It’s already been researched… and I see zero chance that world governments have the will to actually mitigate climate change in time.
Weskermatalobos on
Meanwhile i don´t see Greta or DiCaprio criticizing the way Lula´s administration is dealing with the fires. I remember when the last president was around and they wouldn´t shut up about it even though the scenario now is the worst ecological situation Brazil has faced in like 40 years.
The weather is to blame. The time of the year is to blame. The last president is to blame. Incendiary birds are to blame ( yup, some people actually put the blame on BIRDS). But reddit´s poster boy president is NEVER to blame
Just maybe they care more about hating the other side than they actually care about nature.
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>Wildfires are burning through the carbon budget that humans have allocated themselves to limit global heating, a study shows.
The authors said this accelerating trend was approaching – and may have already breached – a “critical temperature threshold” after which fires cause significant shifts in tree cover and carbon storage.
>Forests are going up in smoke in Brazil, the US, Greece, Portugal and even the Arctic Circle amid the Earth’s two hottest years in recorded history.
Each fire has a double impact on the global climate: first, by emitting carbon from the burned trees, and second, by reducing the capacity of forests to absorb carbon dioxide.
“Carbon budget”, fucking LOL. Like, the one where the books where cooked, from the start?
we need to think about what we replant
its kind of over for mankind, it will get worse. a lot worse.
[deleted]
Been waiting for this headline for a while
I wonder how bad it will get before we see the first efforts to actively darken the sky to combat global warming. It’s already been researched… and I see zero chance that world governments have the will to actually mitigate climate change in time.
Meanwhile i don´t see Greta or DiCaprio criticizing the way Lula´s administration is dealing with the fires. I remember when the last president was around and they wouldn´t shut up about it even though the scenario now is the worst ecological situation Brazil has faced in like 40 years.
The weather is to blame. The time of the year is to blame. The last president is to blame. Incendiary birds are to blame ( yup, some people actually put the blame on BIRDS). But reddit´s poster boy president is NEVER to blame
Just maybe they care more about hating the other side than they actually care about nature.