Fires jeopardize world’s carbon sinks

Mao, Jiafu

doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01562-7

Title: Fires jeopardize world’s carbon sinks

Journal Article · 03 October 2024 · Nature Geoscience

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01562-7 · OSTI ID:2462856

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

As climate change accelerates, fire regimes are increasingly disrupting ecosystems and carbon storage. Here, a modelling study reveals that fire is already acting to substantially weaken global carbon sinks, potentially undermining efforts to limit warming.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 2462856

Journal Information:: Nature Geoscience, Journal Name: Nature Geoscience Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 17; ISSN 1752-0894

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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Machine learning–based observation-constrained projections reveal elevated global socioeconomic risks from wildfire Yu, Yan; Mao, Jiafu; Wullschleger, Stan D. Nature Communications, Vol. 13, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28853-0	journal	March 2022
Wildfire and degradation accelerate northern peatland carbon release Wilkinson, S. L.; Andersen, R.; Moore, P. A. Nature Climate Change, Vol. 13, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01657-w	journal	April 2023
Fire weakens land carbon sinks before 1.5 °C Burton, Chantelle A.; Kelley, Douglas I.; Burke, Eleanor Nature Geoscience https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01554-7	journal	October 2024
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