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Frequent, Severe Fires Turn Alaskan Forests into a Carbon Production Line
Description: American and Canadian researchers report that climate change is causing wildfires to burn larger swaths of Alaskan trees and to char the groundcover more severely, turning the black spruce forests of Alaska from repositories of carbon to generators of it. And the more carbon dioxide they release, the greater impact that may have in turn on future climate change. [Source: Michigan Tech News]
URL: http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2011/february/story36692.html
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Source: Michigan Tech News
Publish Date: 2/10/2011
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