Reduction in global area burned and wildfire emissions since 1930s enhances carbon uptake by land

Anthropogenic influences alter natural fire regimes in multiple ways but the resulting effect on the land carbon budget has not been quantified. Here the authors show that the reduction in global area burned and wildfire emissions due to anthropogenic influences is currently enhancing carbon uptake...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vivek K. Arora, Joe R. Melton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03838-0