2023-07-29 07:00:00
DECRYPTION – If global warming actively contributes to increasing the risk of fires, the opposite phenomenon also occurs.
This is another consequence of the fires that have affected Greece since mid-July. Carbon emissions from fires in Greece have reached levels not seen in the past two decades, the European observatory Copernicus said on Wednesday (July 26th). “With several weeks to go before the end of summer, we will continue to closely monitor emissions from the fires and potential effects on air quality throughout the region.“, commented in particular Mark Parrington, principal scientist of Copernicus.
These fires are favored by the increased risk of scorching heat and drought, themselves accentuated by global warming. Global warming itself caused by the emission of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO₂). Issue, “when a tree dies, it drops into the’atmosphere all the gases’he stored during his whole life», explains Jonathan Lenoir, researcher in the Ecology laboratory…
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