#NASA study tallies carbon emissions from massive Canadian fires
They found that the Canadian fires released more #carbon in five months than Russia or Japan emitted from fossil fuels in all of 2022 (about 480 million and 291 million metric tons, respectively). While the #CarbonDioxide (#CO2) emitted from both #wildfires and #FossilFuel combustion cause extra #warming immediately, there's an important distinction, the scientists noted.
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-nasa-tallies-carbon-emissions-massive.html
π³π±
@tuxom The difference is trees grow back (assuming you let them) ultimately create a net neutral carbon emission in the end. The same cant be said for fossil fuel consumption.
Humans have removed half of natural forests, so far.
@tuxom indeed we have, but that is unrelated to my point... A forest that burns down isnt removed by humans for development, it just burned down. It then grows back and the net neutral carbon is 0.
Now if you showed an event of humans clear cutting and replacing with developed land, that would be a net positive on carbon, presuming it was burnt as fuel. But that isnt what we are seeing here.
