EnvironmentArctic fires are releasing carbon stored for thousands of years A study of soils around the Arctic and boreal forests has found that some wildfires are releasing carbon stored over millennia, meaning higher CO2 emissions than assumed 51¶¯Âþ
EarthCalifornia wildfires fuelled by months of unusual extreme weather Fast-moving wildfires are burning long after the regular fire season is over due to an unlikely sequence of extreme weather events that may have been exacerbated by climate change 51¶¯Âþ