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UK consumption putting enormous pressure on world’s forests, MPs warn
The Environmental Audit Committee said the intensity of the UK’s consumption on the world’s forest is higher than that of China
Since the beginning of 2023, wildfires have released some 6.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide, according to GWIS
That compares to 36.8 billion tons from fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal & cement
As a rule, around 80 percent of carbon generated by the forest fires is then reabsorbed by the vegetation which grows again the next season.
The remaining 20 percent then builds up in the atmosphere, contributing the climate change
Surge in extreme forest fires fuels global emissions
Climate change and human activities have led to more frequent and intense forest blazes over the past two decades
The world’s forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward
Study finds individual extreme forest fires can lead to global impacts
warned of the risks of artificially introducing absorbent particles into the stratosphere.
This could strengthen the positive phase of the winter North Atlantic Oscillation, which is associated with flooding in northern Europe and droughts in southern Europe
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