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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/29116390

Greenhouse gases from wildfires at sixth highest level on record after blazes in large areas of the Americas and Africa

Carbon emissions from extreme wildfires increased by 9% last year to reach the sixth highest level on record.

Intense fast-spreading fires devastated huge swathes of South America’s rainforests, dry forests and wetlands and decimated Canada’s northern forests, pushing up the levels of damaging greenhouse gases.

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