Canada’s 2023 wildfires burned huge chunks of forest, spewing far more heat-trapping gas than planes
- Catastrophic Canadian warming-fueled wildfires last year emitted more heat-trapping carbon dioxide than India from fossil fuels, burnt an area larger than West Virginia, according to new research.
- The fires released 28 billion tons of carbon dioxide, four times what airplanes emit annually, similar to 647 million cars.
- The wildfires in Canada resulted in 27% of global tree cover loss, far exceeding the usual 6%, indicating a significant impact on the environment.
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Die Brände in Kanada haben laut einer Studie 2023 mehr CO₂ freigesetzt als Indien durch fossile Energie. Forscher bezeichnen den Schaden als "sehr besorgniserregend".
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Canada's 2023 Wildfires Produced Four Times More Emissions Than Planes
The 2023 wildfire season burned a whopping 16.5 million hectares of land compared to an average 2.5 million hectares of land that are typically burned in Canada per year. And the study’s authors calculated that the forest burned a total of nearly 30,000 square miles (77,574 sq km) and made up 27% of global tree cover loss last year.
Canada's 2023 wildfires burned huge chunks of forest, spewing far more heat-trapping gas than planes
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Catastrophic Canadian warming-fueled wildfires last year pumped more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than India did by burning fossil fuels, setting ablaze an area of forest larger than West Virginia, new research found.
Canada's 2023 wildfires burned huge chunks of forest, spewing far more heat-trapping gas than planes
AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers now calculate that catastrophic Canadian warming-fueled wildfires last year pumped more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than India did by burning fossil fuels and set ablaze an area of forest larger than the state of West Virginia. Scientists at the World Resources Institute and the University of Maryland calculated how devastating the impacts of the months-long fires in Canada in 2023 th…
Canada's 2023 wildfires burned huge chunks of forest, spewing far more heat-trapping gas than planes
AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers now calculate that catastrophic Canadian warming-fueled wildfires last year pumped more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than India did by burning fossil fuels and set ablaze an area of forest larger than the state of West Virginia. Scientists at the World Resources Institute and the University of Maryland calculated how devastating the impacts of the months-long fires in Canada in 2023 th…
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