Scorched Earth: Environmental Legacy of Tropical Peat Fires
Researchers say that events such as wildfires, occurring on a tiny area of the globe, can have a huge impact on the global carbon cycle. They cite the example of fire in Indonesia in 1997 started to clear forest for agriculture. – YaleGlobal
Scorched Earth: Environmental Legacy of Tropical Peat Fires
Environmental Legacy of Tropical Peat Fires
Thursday, November 7, 2002
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