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Wildfire Carbon Emissions Surge 9% as Climate Crisis Intensifies Global Blazes
Carbon emissions from extreme wildfires increased by 9% last year, reaching the sixth highest level on record according to new research. Climate change is intensifying fire conditions globally, with devastating blazes across South America, Canada, and Africa causing massive environmental damage and loss of life.
Record Wildfire Emissions Linked to Climate Crisis
Carbon emissions from extreme wildfires increased by 9% last year to reach the sixth highest level on record, according to a comprehensive global report. The analysis indicates that intense fast-spreading fires devastated huge swathes of South America’s rainforests, dry forests, and wetlands while decimating Canada’s northern forests, significantly pushing up levels of damaging greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.